Intopia Management Game Technion 2004

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Intopia Management Game - Technion 2004 CRI
seminar series workshop on Using Games in
Israeli Business Schools and in Management
Education University of Haifa 29 December 2004
By Prof. Avi Figenbaum, Mr. Yoel Arnon Mr.
Danny Vatnik
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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• Academic objectives
• Give students first hand experience of management
  from a top management team position.
• Teach the strategic system
• Have a good time its a game after all

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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• The Strategic System

A. ENVIRONMENT
B. STRATEGY FORMULATION

• E. KNOWLEDGE
• Experimentation
• Theory

C. STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

• D. PERFORMANCE
• Short
• Long

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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• The Intopia Simulation
• 3 Level supply chain
• 3 Areas around the world
• 9 Product grades, 4 Currencies, 16 Bank accounts,
  2 Shipping methods, 2 Brands per area, Taxes,
  Loans, Bonds, Dividends,Depreciations, Capacity
  changes and more.

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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• Game Administration

Demo
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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• Media Coverage
• The Quarterly Gazette
• Money-line TV
• Interactive Workshops

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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research

• Research
• Top Management Teams
• Characteristics
• Processes
• Competitive Absorptive Capacity
• Acquisition
• Assimilation
• Transformation
• Exploitation
• Results
• Strategy matters
• Leave intensity to the neurotics
• Perceived understanding may lie
• Agreeableness might be a evil
• Brainstorming creativity help

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Objectives
System
Intopia
Administration
Media
Research
A big thank you to our students and
Well be happy to take questions