The use of business games to reach corporate goals has been trending for the past decade. Whether it’s for team building, improving employee knowledge, testing their skills, or just having a fun – undoubtedly, business games are the most involving and entertaining way to accomplish these tasks.
By combining preset goals, player feedback and results - we have been perfecting each business game iteration upon iteration. We have compiled a list of business games combined with manuals and instructions available for deployment in your company.
A business game that provides the opportunity for players to prove themselves as capable “Crisis managers”.
The premise:
Some of the companies of a large corporation are in a dangerous situation. The council of shareholders (consisting of a part of the group of players) elects “Crisis managers” for each company. The council will be constantly evaluating the selected CM’s – the most successful ones will get financial aid while the unsuccessful ones will be fired.
The participants will learn to:
Manage a company in a critical condition
Plan, prioritize and execute the most important business decisions under pressure
Cooperate in order to properly evaluate the business reports and decisions of subordinates
Make difficult decisions and work as a team
The best startup
Goal:
After receiving initial capital, players have to invest it in the most profitable way.
The premise:
At the start of the game Players receive $10 million startup capital from venture capitalists. Each player has to choose an industry and the type of business that will guarantee ROI and will generate profit in the shortest period of time. A player, who accumulates the biggest amount of assets during a predetermined time frame, will win.
The participants will learn to:
Analyze the market
Scout for profitable business opportunities in various regions
Invest capital in the most profitable way
Grow and reinvest assets of the company
Crude oil: sweat and tears
Goal:
Players have to maximize the profit while the industry is in a decline
The premise:
The price of oil in a global market is rapidly falling. In these challenging conditions players are responsible for generating the biggest profit. Analyzing new territories, building factories – are only a few options that players can pursue. Generating unique ideas is the key to success in this game.
The participants will learn to:
Think outside the box
Find lucrative opportunities in a seemingly desperate situation
Maximize the profits
Finding investors
Goal:
Investors are willing to fund businesses while players will be trying to convince them to invest money in their enterprises.
The premise:
The competing players will approach investors to acquire the biggest investment for their business. All players are managing business that have large debts and little or no profitability – an investment will save their businesses. Investors have a limited capital and they will be investing in businesses that have the most potential.
The participants will learn to:
Find investors for a business on the brink of bankruptcy
Compile strategies and policies for business development
Manage a company in crisis, overcome obstacles and succeed in difficult conditions
Brand on fire
Goal:
Players have to effectively penetrate the market with a newly formed brand in an extremely short period of time.
The premise:
The main goal of this game is for players to create a brand from scratch and penetrate the market in a limited amount of time. Before entering the market, players have to choose a target market, come up with product descriptions, logos, a sales plan and marketing plan.
The participants will learn to:
Develop a company and its strategies
Enter a new market, with new products
Effectively use marketing tools for brand development
Market intelligence
Goal:
Players are looking for new locations to expand their businesses in highly competitive market conditions.
The premise:
Players will use all of the available analytic tools to locate the most successful market for their startup from the standpoints of market development, competition and prices. To gather market intelligence, teams operate in "stealth mode". Keep in mind your competition can end up selecting the same market while the other markets remain untapped.