eLearning with Web Conferencing Simulation

Written by on Dec 31, 2002


In this simulation of a product roll out for a company with 10,000 employees, you will train your sales force and increase sales. eLearning and Web Conferencing involve issues like Technology Adoption, Training Overhead costs and Sales.



Divide and Conquer (Model-View-Controller)

Written by on Dec 10, 2002

One of the great advances of the industrial age– division of labor– has only recently been gaining widespread adoption in the Internet world. This is in part due to the history of the web itself. Early web pages consisted of static text and pictures, stored as HTML files on a server. Corporations put brochures online. [...]



Purdue School of Industrial Engineering Strategy Simulator

Written by on Oct 28, 2002


In 2001, the Purdue School of Industrial Engineering established four goals addressing the three dimensions of learning, discovery, and engagement consistent with the Purdue University Strategic Plan. The purpose of the Strategy Simulator is to help you understand the metrics for success of the Purdue School of Industrial Engineering as it implements its strategic objectives. Set your own assumptions about the School of Industrial Engineering’s objectives and then view results to see how they play out over the next five years.



Oakland Baseball Simworld

Written by on Oct 22, 2002


This sports business simulation is larger brother of the XFL Microworld and developed by Zenophon Abraham, in Oakland, CA. The Oakland Athletics Microworld places you in the position of president of the Oakland Athletics Baseball Club, Inc., and a minority owner. You are responsible for all aspects of the organization from players and trades to identifying the finacing for and building a new stadium between 2002 to 2017. This is a “beta” test version and based on actual organizational data. It’s designed to be a tool for the business school classroom, the baseball executive (for scenario planning) and the hard-core baseball fan.



Simulador Estrategia de Precios

Written by on Aug 02, 2002


Se ha creado una simulación simple que está afinada para representar aproximadamente a Dell, HP y Compaq. En la simulación usted conduce una empresa que es del tamaño de HP o Compaq (antes de la fusión) y su competidor es del tamaño de Dell. En el juego, usted compite sólo en el precio, el mercado percibe que sus computadoras son de calidad similar. La demanda del mercado para computadores es sensible al precio.