TOPSIM Business Game (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Mon 27.9. at 14-15 Orientation (class room/Zoom)
Mon 4.10. at 14-16 Online Get Together Meeting with Hochschule Heilbronn (students-lecturers)
Thu 7.10. at 14-17 Online Pregame via Zoom with Hochschule Heilbronn
Mon 11.10. at 14.30 - 16.30 Online Pregame Conclusion with Hochschule Heilbronn

Wk 42 (18.10.-22.10.) daily at 9-16 TOPSIM Business game at Hochschule Heilbronn, Germany

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Business simulation (TOPSIM) will be done intensively during one week. Participation to additional activities (familiarizing with the simulation, trial periods of the simulation etc.) might be required.

Business simulation is arranged in Heilbronn, Germany in autumn semester (October – November) and virtually via Zoom, in spring semester (March). Students will enroll to either of the implementations. Implementation in autumn semester requires traveling to Germany (Haaga-Helia travel compensation might apply) according to the given schedule for the implementation.

Materials

TOPSIM's homepage:

https://cloud.topsim.com/index.php?id=10&L=1

TOPSIM -pelimanuaali (Participants' Manual)

Teaching methods and instruction

Business simulation (TOPSIM) will be done intensively during one week. Participation to additional activities (familiarizing with the simulation, trial periods of the simulation etc.) is required.

Business simulation is arranged in Heilbronn, Germany (autumn) or Helsinki, Finland (spring). Virtual implementation will be arranged if contact lectures are not possible.

Working life connections

• Corporate objectives and strategies
• Sales: Competition analysis, marketing mix, product life cycles, product re-launches, new product launches, entering a new market, costing of special transactions, contribution margin accounting and market research reports as a basis of information for marketing decisions
• R&D: Technology, ecology, value analysis
• Procurement/ warehousing: Optimum order quantity
• Manufacturing: Investment, disinvestment, in-house production or external procurement, capacity planning, ecological production, rationalisation, learning curve
• HR: HR planning, qualification, productivity, absences, fluctuation
• Finance and accounting: Cost type, cost centre, cost object accounting, gradual contribution margin accounting, financial planning, balance sheet recognition and income statement, cash flow, share price and company value, portfolio

The module requires strong and goal-oriented commitment on behalf of the student to team work and the contact sessions in the module. The grade will be based partly on the output and the value of the project deliverables to the client company and partly on the students own commitment, activity and demonstrated professional attitude.

Internationality

This course will be implemented in mixed groups of 4 students from both universities.

Assessment methods

Assessment is based on following:

- Group's success in the game (50 % grade)
- Active participation in groupwork and presentations (40 %)
- Peer assessment (10 %)