Weekly Schedule: Summer 2022 Online sections

2)      You will need to purchase access to The Business Strategy Game Online with a credit card and register using a Registration Code so that you will be placed in the correct “Industry” and “Team”. These codes will be available to you on the first day of class. Use your Metro email ID when registering on the BSG Online web site, so that all messages from the BSG web site will arrive in your Metro email. If you drop the class, you may not get a refund from BSG Online.

a)       Explore the BSG web site. The landing page is the Corporate Lobby.

b)      Begin with the Player Materials link, watch the video and read the document “Recommended Decision-Making procedure”.

c)       Check the “Decision Schedule” of dates for game runs.

d)      Read the Player’s Guide (available in PDF format on the BSG web site).

e)      Every screen has Video Tutorials to help you with BSG Online web site and the Decisions program. Please view every movie, because it gives you a lot more than just explaining the decision entries.

f)        Use the Decisions and Reports program to familiarize yourself with the decision-making screens and try out What Ifs. Again, watch every movie available and read the Help screens.

3)      Team Formation: Students will be placed in teams of three – four each for the Simulation Game on the first day of class. If a team member has not contacted the team by Wednesday, please report the person to the instructor.

4)      Begin reading:
Chapter 1: Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantages
Chapter 2: Analyzing the External Environment of the Firm
You will need to submit your HANDWRITTEN chapter notes (You may scan or take a picture of your notes and submit those in a PDF or JPEG format).

5)      Chapter Notes for Chapter 1 are due by Saturday night.

6)      There will be three Multiple Choice quizzes in this class. The first quiz QC123 will be on Chapters 1, 2, and 3. The second quiz QC567 will be on Chapters 5, 6 and 7. The third quiz QC0910 will be on Chapters 9 and 10. There will be 10 questions per chapter, and each question will be worth 4 points. The quizzes are proctored by ProctorU Auto. You will also need to install the ProctorU Extension in your browser. Then click on the ProctorU link before starting a quiz. You will be taken to ProctorU and only then you may click on the quiz link in Canvas so ProctorU can put you through initial checks and start the quiz for you. WHEN TAKING QUIZZES, DO NOT RESIZE WINDOWS OR TRY TO SWITCH WINDOWS. IT WILL BE RECORDED AS AN INCIDENT.

7)      Last Day to drop Full semester classes with 100% refund: Thursday, June 16, 2022.

8)      Business Strategy Game: Continue to practice every day. Communicate with your team members. (A brief reading of “Chapter 5: Business-Level Strategy: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantages” of the textbook should be helpful in developing strategies for your company).

9)      Prepare for BSG Quiz 1. On the BSG website, click on the Assignments link, and then on BSG Quiz 1 link. (The quiz does not begin until you click the Start button). You will see instructions about how to prepare for the quiz as well as see three sample questions. Make sure you print out everything you will need to refer to when you take the quiz. Please attempt the three sample questions as preparation for the quiz. In my experience, anyone scoring less than a C tends to receive low Peer Evaluation from their team for lack of preparation for the game.

2)      Take the Chapter 1 practice quiz to test your retention.

3)      Read Chapters 2 and 3. Chapter Notes are due on Saturday.

4)      Review questions for QC123 become available on Sunday morning.

5)      BSG Quiz 1 will be available on the BSG website on Monday morning. Please complete it by Thursday night.

6)      Practice Year 11 (PY11) will be processed at noon on Thursday. Make sure your team has input and saved all necessary decisions at least once before 11:59 am.

7)      Read the reports available about 15 minutes after PY11 has been processed. Communicate with your team and work on PY12 decisions collaboratively.

8)      Practice Year 12 will be processed at 5:00 pm on Sunday. Look at the reports prior to Monday noon at which time the game data will be reset to Year 10 for the real run of the game.

2)      Begin reading Chapter 5 after completing the quiz.

3)      Business Strategy Game: Year 11 will be processed on Thursday at noon and Year 12 will be processed on Sunday at 5:00 pm.

4)      Mid-term Peer Evaluation opens on Thursday morning. Please complete it by Saturday night.

2)      Chapter 5 notes are due before Saturday 11:59 pm.

3)      Prepare for BSG Quiz 2 (next week). On the BSG website, click on Assignments à Quiz 2. You will see a pageful of information about the quiz. You should also be able to access three sample questions. Attempt these and discuss with your team members to confirm answers.

4)      BSG: Year 13 will be processed on Thursday at noon. A new set of links will appear at the bottom of the Navigation Bar for the 3-Year Strategic Plan (which consists of three forms that your team needs to fill out and save before Year 14 is processed on Sunday 5:00 pm).

5)      Year 14 will be processed on Sunday 5:00 pm.

2)      BSG: Year 15 will be processed on Thursday at noon. Year 16 will be processed on Sunday 5:00 pm.

1)      Chapter 6 and 7 Notes are due by Saturday night.

2)      Review questions for QC567 will be available on Sunday morning.

4)      QC567 will be open on Monday. Complete it by Saturday night.

5)      BSG: Year 17 will be processed on Thursday at noon. Year 18 will be processed on Sunday 5:00 pm.

2)      Work with your team on creating your Team Presentation. Team Presentations on company strategies and results should be submitted by one team member under the Assignments link by uploading his / her team’s file by Sunday midnight. Teams must submit a presentation file even if it is incomplete because the Assignment link will not accept submissions after the deadline.

3)      This member should also post a copy of the presentation under the Presentations Forum on the Discussion Board by Sunday, midnight.

2)      Review questions for QC0910 will be available on Tuesday morning.

3)      QC0910 will be open from Monday morning until Friday night. Please complete it by then.

4)      End of Semester Peer Evaluations on the BSG Web site become available on Monday morning until Thursday noon. Please complete these as soon as possible. If you miss it, your input will not be included in Peer Evaluation.

5)      Team Presentations on company strategies and results will be viewable under the Presentations Discussion on Monday morning this week. An evaluation form in Word format is available in Week 8 Module. This form is to be used in the evaluation of presentations and to give feedback / kudos to teams. Each individual member of a team will evaluate the Presentation of the team “next” to them. For example, every member of Team D should evaluate Team E’s presentation (the last Team I should evaluate Team A’s presentation) and provide an evaluation on the Presentations Discussion. Please complete and post these evaluations by Thursday noon. This will allow each team to receive feedback from three or four students in addition to the evaluation from the instructor.

6)      Final Grades should be viewable by Sunday night.

7)      Congratulations to all who completed this class successfully!