Business Simulation Workshop

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Prerequisites: Admission to Breech School of Business. Senior standing. It is recommended this course be taken concurrently with MGMT 422 and/or final semester prior to graduation. The Business Simulation Workshop offers students the opportunity to learn about, and engage in, a competitive business environment via the CapSim business simulator. Students will partner in close teams to develop a deep understanding of general business strategies and tactics, and they will apply this theoretical understanding by managing various functional areas of a simulated manufacturing firm. By the end of the course, students will understand the basic principles of strategic business management, as well as the decisions that managers make in pursuit of their strategic goals and objectives. Business professionalism constitutes an essential component to the course, as it represents a key success variable in communicating and substantiating business decisions to external business constituents. For this reason, students will make multiple presentations in the course of the semester, to one another, as well as visitors from the business community whenever possible.