152-0346/03 – Managerial Simulation Game (MSH)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Business AdministrationCredits5
Subject guarantorIng. Josef Kašík, Ph.D.Subject version guarantorIng. Josef Kašík, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2010/2011Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
PET35 doc. Ing. Jindra Peterková, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1. To know how through the interactive business simulation solve problems in the field of management. 2. To understand the game strategy in the simulations JA TITAN, VENSIM. 3. To appoint the appropriate level of prices, production, marketing, capital investment and research and development so as to achieve corporate balance. 4. To Assess the impact of decision by student companies management. 5. To practice the skill of working and making decisions within a team.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials
Project work

Summary

The subject is based on teamwork while each team represents management of virtual company. Students have to achieve balance of company through their decisions in simulations and to be better than competition in the field of profit, sales and market share. Theoretical resources of the presented specialized topics are confronted with practical experience of managers in the selected companies through video conferences.

Compulsory literature:

ROSENTHAL, Edward C. The complete idiot's guide to game theory. New York: Alpha, [2021]. Complete idiot's guide. 362 p. ISBN 978-1-61564-055-3. SHAFER, Glenn a Vladimir VOVK. Game-theoretic foundations for probability and finance. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2019. Wiley series in probability and statistics. ISBN 9781118547939. TADELIS, Steve. Game theory: an introduction. Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2018. 396 p. ISBN 978-0-691-12908-2.

Recommended literature:

DHAMI, Sanjit S. The foundations of behavioral economic analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 1764 p. ISBN 978-0-19-871552-8. PETERSON, Martin. An introduction to decision theory. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Cambridge introductions to philosophy. 339 p. ISBN 978-1-316-60620-9. RODRIGUEZ, Abel a Bruno MENDES. Probability, decisions and games: a gentle introduction using R. Hoboken: Wiley, 2018. 215 p. ISBN 978-1-119-30260-5.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

- Test (entrance and final) - Competition of the student teams

E-learning

Course: 152-O346/03 Managerial Simulation Game

Other requirements

- Term thesis (scenarios of simulation game)

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. The Introduction into managerial simulation game. 2. Strategy of game in individual simulations, technical safety included. 3. Team work. Time management. 4. Conflict solving. 5. Measuring of the performance of a company I. 6. Measuring of the performance of a company II. 7. Managerial skills I. 8. Managerial skills II. 9. The strategy of a company in international environment. 10. Potential of a manager. 11. The most frequent mistakes of managers and the way how to omit them. 12. Identity and ethic of a manager. 13. Actual topic. 14. Colloquium.

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2010/2011 Summer semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
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Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Exercises evaluation Credit 40  20
        Examination Examination 60  31 3
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