Trial run of the game COMPANY
Starting a trial run of the game COMPANY the following assumption is made: the COMPANY
exists already for two months: month number zero and month number one. The decisions taken in
these months are listed adequately in the Appendix 4.1 and 4.2. The financial and economic
consequences of these decisions are described in the Appendix 4.3 in form of the four Reports
describing the situation in the COMPANY in month number 1 (BALANCE SHEET, PROFIT AND
LOSS ACCOUNT, CASH FLOW and ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON COMPANY). The same
data (most of them) are also presented in the template of the DSS_G system.
For the trial run of the game COMPANY all the values (numbers) given in the Appendix number 1
are valid.
The trial run is made only for one month: month number 2. Its aim is to identify (find) all
errors made by students in the DSS_G system and to make adequate corrections, as well as to train
the use of this system in practice.
In no way the aim of the trial run is to achieve the best values of the financial/economic
indices/ratios (such for example profit).
Decisions that must be worked out for month 2 are not quite free. The requirements to be met by
these decisions are listed in Appendix 9. These requirements make the process of finding errors in
DSS_G easier.
During the trial run of the game each student must work out his/her own decisions. For this
reason each student has his/her own two numbers (assigned to him/her) that must be used when
working out decisions for month 2 (see Appendix 9). These numbers are:
1) BASE; 2) NO_COMP
The list of students with the assigned numbers BASE and NO_COMP is to be found on my website
(link).
Assignments for the next classes (for each student):
1. To develop the DSS_G system to (at least) the minimum version (Appendix 11).
2. To work out decisions for month 2, using for this purpose the DSS_G system (and bring the
DSS_G workbook with these decisions for the next classes).
3. To write the worked out decisions on the Decision Sheet for Trial Run (link on my website) and
bring this sheet for the classes (in a paper form).
4. To bring a piece of paper with the following data (link on my website):
1) Profit before taxation earned by the COMPANY in month number 2 (rounded to natural
numbers)
2) Cash at the end of month No. 2 (rounded to natural numbers). In case when the COMPANY
needs short term credit – please write the amount of the necessary credit with “-“ (minus).