Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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SAM 3920 - Business Application Simulation
Students operate a simulated company and compete head-to-head against companies in the same industry run by other students in the class. The companies compete in a global market arena in four geographic regions including Europe-Africa, North America, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The manager(s) of each company are responsible for assessing market conditions, determining how to respond to the actions of competitors, forging a long-term direction and strategy for their company, forecasting upcoming sales volumes, and making decisions including to workforce compensation and plant operations, capacity expansion, distribution center operations and inventory management, pricing and marketing, finance, and corporate social responsibility/citizenship.
Requisites: SAM 3010, 3020, 3100 and (BA 2000 or SAM 3905)
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 6.0 practicum
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply general business concepts to strategic decision-making situations.
- Students will be able to use knowledge of core business disciplines to make connections among decisions and applications.
- Students will be able to connect a simulated competitive workplace to business knowledge.
- Students will be able to integrate knowledge from a variety of disciplines through a simulated competitive workplace.
- Students will be able to transfer knowledge and skills learned in a simulated competitive workplace to a new situation.
- Students will be able to communicate, reflect, and self-assess knowledge and skills learned through a simulated competitive workplace.
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