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ISL 528 - Business Simulation

Graduate Education Institute · Business Administration · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Özgür KÖKALAN

Course Objective

The aims of the course are to provide students with the opportunity to tackle complex business situations in an experiential fashion and to enable the transfer of knowledge and skills gained from their university education back to a Strategy simulation.

Course Content

During the course, students will initiate team working and develop skills towards collaboration, use strategic management tools in a simulated environment, and develop writing and presentation skills. In addition to lectures, exercises, and the simulation, students will have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with professionals from various sectors, to discuss current issues in business life.

Required Resources

www.capsim.com 

Capsim Handbook

Case Study

Recommended Resources

Strategy Safari: A Guided Tour Through the Wilds of Strategic Management (FT Prentice Hall, 2008) by Henry Mintzberg Bruce Ahlstrand, and Joseph Lampel.

Exploring Strategy: Text & Cases (Pearson, 2013) by Gerry Johnson and others

The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies (Wharton School Publishing, 2007) by Jagdish N. Sheth

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To learn why different functions in the organizations need to be integrated,
  2. To experience and understand how competition effects business decisions
  3. To transfer their knowledge and skills gained from their university education back to a Strategy simulation
  4. To develop teamwork skills, both in a virtual setting and a face-to-face environment,
  5. Further develop their capabilities towards analyzing data, writing reports, and making presentations.

Core Area Distribution

(34) Business and Administration%50 (48) Computing%20 (54) Manufacturing and Processing%30

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationGroup StudyBrain StormingCase StudyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

Oral ExamPerformance Assignment ( Lab / Workshop / Field Work / Seminar / Presentation / Completion Study / Thesis

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)000
Out of Class Study Period000
Midterm000
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final000