(M14A) Tutor’s Name: Victor Libdy Date: 17th May 2010 Report Focus: Write a report reflecting on your experiences of the Everest group simulation exercise this semester with reference to concepts and theories encountered in this course. Executive Summary Everest‚ a virtual game designed by Harvard Business School and Forio Business Simulations‚ forces players to challenge problems that arise and conquer them as a team. After viewing a frightening video that portrays the mountain climbing
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Another important theme that I witnessed this semester while doing the Statecraft simulation was the major theories. Here are some examples of how theories were used in our Statecraft world. Some countries tended to be realists‚ liberals‚ and feminists. The Empire‚ country 6 and USM chose to be realists because they have powerful military‚ decent resources and great influence on other countries. They allied with each other to create the Northern bloc. This bloc represents the three authoritative
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Individual Project: Verbal Presentation Dr. Ho Jee Hou 1. Practicalities 2. Material 3. Audience 4. Yourself 1. Practicalities Worth 10% 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions Timetable to be circulated through email PowerPoint presentation is recommended Peer assessed (among a group of 7 – 8 students) 2. Material Time is precious You do not have to include everything Tell a coherent story Present your results clearly What to say Structure your presentation
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group dynamics were such that we did not effectively utilize the resources we had‚ and consequently pooled a very limited amount of information. Rather than minimizing our risk‚ we increased it. I attribute much of our group’s failure at this simulation to process loss‚ which is defined as the problems that arise from lack of effective coordination among group members. A number of factors at play could explain the process loss which led to our counterintuitive results. First and foremost‚ one must
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Change Simulation Experience “It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ but the ones most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution was certainly not restricted to species in the wild. Adapting to change in any corporate environment is fundamental to the success of any organization and its employees. Achieving this success depends on a key ingredient – appropriate application of change management that
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Age Simulation Reaction I often times sit back and think of myself as elder later on in life. So many thoughts come to mind about my physical appearance; not so many thoughts in regards to my own mindset or the mindset of others that surround me‚ both seniors and young people. I have never been a person to care how others feel about me‚ but this one day in particular when I was put in the shoes of an elderly person my world was turned upside down by the words‚ looks‚ and thoughts of others. Going
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Military identification cards and dog tags are generally required components of military uniforms. Military ID cards are required to travel on and off military installations‚ access commissaries and Post Exchanges and serve as an indication of a service member’s rank‚ branch of service and the Geneva Convention Category he or she falls under. Dog tags (also called identification tags) serve to show a service member’s name‚ Social Security number‚ blood type and religious preference in case the service
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density was rated the highest among all features so we decided to focus on this one. We chose energy density within the NiMH due to its historical profitability. The minimum annual cost for this project was $3M. Since this was our first round of the simulation‚ we decided to invest the minimum required. Our team also felt it was important to focus on process improvement. Learning from the GEOX case study‚ in order to compete with surrounding competition‚ a company must
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marketing plan for Greenworld Game 2 aims to outline and analyse the market strategy in the simulation Game 2. Also‚ an evaluation of the previous strategic decisions as well as the SWOT of our company should be given. Based on this‚ recommendations for the next 4 years (8 periods) of the marketing strategy will be presented. 2. Executive Summary This report provides an analysis of the competitive environment of the UK supermarket sector as represented in simulation game 2. The objective of this
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AP Gov P2 10/3/12 Position Paper for Voter ID Laws Voter ID Laws are laws that have been enacted in 30 States that require voters to showcase their ID (What form/how stringent the policy is varies from state-to-state) before they can vote. These laws have recently come under the national spotlight and have caused a controversy in both public and political opinion. First adopted as early as 2003‚ these laws are designed to prevent voter-ID fraud (People registering as someone they are not
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