As students tackle business simulations, they enjoy the experience that comes with applying newly learned business concepts/theories in the safe environment of the classroom. However, the benefits of business simulations go beyond the application of hard skills. Such exercises are also conducive to the development of soft skills, also known as Emotional Intelligence. The highest… Read More »
And the winner of the Spring 2014 Marketplace Logo Design Competition is…Atlas Technologies from Brigham Young University in Idaho. Twenty-four teams entered, over 300 votes were cast, and three teams rose to the top. Student Joseph Hedrick represented the Atlas Technology team which received 82 votes. The proud instructor of the winning team is Michael Luchies.… Read More »
Valuable feedback from faculty has prompted us to rethink our instructor interface design. As a result, we reorganized the available tools and links into categories that will make it faster and easier for instructors to find what they need and when they need it. The new categories will also accommodate any tools and features that… Read More »
There is an automated grading system available in Marketplace® Live Simulations. The new grading system computes a grade for each team and student at the end of the exercise. The grade reflects how well the team has performed on the cumulative balanced scorecard relative to the performance of the other teams in that game universe,… Read More »
The University of Tennessee’s Business Education for Talented Students [BETS] program aims to provide guidance to high school juniors from diverse backgrounds and communities. Many of the participants will be the first in their families to attend college. They all have a desire to pursue higher education in business, including majors in accounting, marketing, economics,… Read More »