Capsim logistics
Registration
• You will need an email address and the above SimID or
“C number” (C32249_000) in order to register for your
game and class.
• Your “registration number” is NOT the SimID; you will not
have a registration number until AFTER you register with
CAPSIM and pay the fee.
• Each student should have his/her own CAPSIM
registration and email address. If you make a mistake
while registering for CAPSIM and can’t correct it yourself
let me know or call CAPSIM at 888-472-7554 for help.
Participation
• Participation consists of running a company in the
electronic sensor industry. Each of you will be running
your own company and competing against computers.
• You will play the simulation three times: rehearsal
simulation, practice simulation, competition simulation.
• You will find that all of the normal financial/accounting
data and other information a real firm would have will be
available to you for your CAPSIM company as it
progresses through both the practice rounds and then
after I restart the game, the 8 years of real operation.
Performance (1)
• You will get a grade both at the end of practice
rounds (pass or fail) and at the end of “real”
rounds (letter grade).
• How well your company performs is simply a
matter of
– How much research and effort each of your team
members puts into the CAPSIM exercise,
– how well your organization of your team can bring all
your team members’ collective experience and
knowledge to bear on running your CAPSIM firm, and
– how effectively you can implement the strategy your
team formulates.
Performance (2)
• The Balance scorecard measure will be used to
assign a grade between 0 and 100 to each
team’s performance relative to other teams in
the class. (The system gives you a total of 1000
points.)
• Different rounds will be graded differently:
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Round 1: 82, points
Rounds 2 and 3, 89 points
Rounds 4 and beyond, 100 points
Recap 240.
Balance scorecard
• It was introduced in 1992. It is a strategic
assessment tool that can accurately portray a
business unit's strategic progress. The Balanced
Scorecard asks managers to consider their
business from four perspectives:
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The Customer
Internal Business
Innovation & Learning
Financial