Hi,
I have a few in class role playing simulations in my portfolio . The
one amongst them that would fit your need is to use a retail board
game called River Dragons (it retails at 148 CNY in China), designed
by Roberto Fraga, which is, as a standalone 6 player game, a nice way
to illustrate how to program an organisation in a
competitive/cooperative landscape .
To illustrate varying conditions such as weak/strong regulatory
regimes, intensity of competition, latency between HQ and
subsidiary/environmental dynamism, even unfair advantages, I use
several boardgames at once in parallel . For example, if I have
between 16 and 39 students, I use 3 board games, divide the students
into observers and MNC teams, set some of the latter up as in company
HQs programming the moves of the others that sit around the boards as
subsidiaries in 3 different operating theatres . One archetypal
theatre is, say, many enforced rules, many resources; the second is,
fewer enforced rules, many resources; and the last one is fewer
enforced rules, fewer resources . This illustrates, through natural
OB, how fewer resources leads to more agressive competition and how
enforced rules can lead to more quickly reaching objectives .
In this context, crucial learning occurs only if the frustrations I
stage are exhaustively debriefed and discussed in the immediate
aftermath of the role play . Allow more time for this than the actual
game play (a closing lunch can work if the sim room acoustics are
right).
I'm happy to share slides (a) used to brief students and (b) used to
share practices at AIB PDWs .
Kindly,
M.
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Marc Idelson (尹丹森)
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Rajesh Pillania <
rajesh@pillania.org> wrote:
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> Apologies for cross postings.
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> I am teaching Emerging Markets Strategy elective course in MBA program. I am
> looking for some fun games/ activities/ small cases for classroom. Thank you
> in advance for your suggestions.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rajesh
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> Dr. Rajesh K. Pillania
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> Professor of Strategy,
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> Management Development Institute (MDI),
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> Mehrauli Road, Sukhrali, Gurgaon-122001 INDIA
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> Tel: +91-124-4560397
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> Mob: +91-9818961019
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