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Going for Profit! - Business Simulation
Duration: 3-4 hours + debrief
Participants: 6-24 (up to four teams of 3-6 per team)
Who: Staff at any level
PC required: Only one pc (or laptop) and printer required
Price:
£595.00
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Dynamic! Interactive! Competitive! Great for business acumen and teamwork. If you’ve never run a business simulation this is the one for you!
Formerly Pizza Panic this updated business simulation is one of Northgate’s most successful publications ever.
Run a pizza takeaway in the mythical European city of Villeburg. Working in the same market as your competitors (the other teams) you’ll want to win as much of that market as you can.
First you bid for one of the four available takeaways. They have differing appeal so you’ll need to know what customers you want to attract; students, theatre goers? You’ll decide on pricing, product quality, staffing, market research and advertising. You’ll also need a poster and pizza box design! All decisions are computer-analysed and results, in the form of a quarterly P&L account, are produced from this highly engaging business simulation.
Threats arise (eg health inspections) and opportunities (eg should you invest in biked deliveries?). The most profitable takeaway at the end of a maximum of six ‘quarterly’ rounds of decisions wins. Presentations are optional.
Formerly Pizza Panic this updated business simulation is one of Northgate’s most successful publications ever.
Run a pizza takeaway in the mythical European city of Villeburg. Working in the same market as your competitors (the other teams) you’ll want to win as much of that market as you can.
First you bid for one of the four available takeaways. They have differing appeal so you’ll need to know what customers you want to attract; students, theatre goers? You’ll decide on pricing, product quality, staffing, market research and advertising. You’ll also need a poster and pizza box design! All decisions are computer-analysed and results, in the form of a quarterly P&L account, are produced from this highly engaging business simulation.
Threats arise (eg health inspections) and opportunities (eg should you invest in biked deliveries?). The most profitable takeaway at the end of a maximum of six ‘quarterly’ rounds of decisions wins. Presentations are optional.
- to analyse basic business data
- to work as a management team
- to define their target market and satisfy its needs
- to analyse the competition - but not slavishly follow it
- to make logical business decisions
- the importance of advertising, pricing and margins
- Divide participants into teams and issue Team Folders.
- Announce the time for the Auction of sites.
- Allocate sites and give teams time to make their first decisions.
- Each quarter, enter team decisions into the computer and print out results for each team.
- At the third quarter, issue card (not supplied) for teams to construct a pizza box (optional).
- Lead debrief and announce winner (highest profit).
Trainer’s Notes contain full guidance and debrief notes.
Mick Miles, Elite Training UK Ltd
Used as part of a seminar on business games with MBA students from the University of Westminster. Very interactive – the decisions of one team affected the results for another team. The leader/co-ordinator needs to “keep out of the swamp”. “Failing to plan is planning to fail!” It gave the delegates the opportunity of running a “real business”. They commented that learning the theory of running a company was fine, but this was fun and they learned a lot in a short amount of time. There was something for every team member – the strategic manager, the accountant, the co-ordinator, the designer and maker of the pizza boxes. For the Trainer there is the opportunity to develop the game by awarding extra points for teamwork or deducting points for late submission of reports etc.
Morag Morrice, Training & Development, Somerfield
I use Going for Profit! on team builds with store managers and HR managers. The best learning points are that to succeed in retail, you need commercial skills but it is critical to work together. Fun, competitive, flexible as you can adjust the game to suit the timeframe. It brings people together.
C. Phizacklea, Busy Bees Group
Fantastic! I can’t wait for the next opportunity to run Going for Profit!
C. Smith, Carphone Warehouse
Made potentially dull subject matter - profit & loss - fun and competitive.
J. Lloyd, Eagle Star
Enjoyed the experience immensely and we've received many requests to run Going for Profit! again.
Reuters
One of the best training exercises we’ve ever used.
Cowley ConsultantsI’ve found Going For Profit! quite remarkable. The exercise drives home the fact that, given the same information and the same opportunity, the quality of decisions and decision-making is determined not just by managerial status; more by clear thinking and good leadership. The model is just right in terms of complexity. It’s demanding but not de-motivating. And above all, it’s fun.
Black & Decker
I was immediately attracted by the simplicity of the rules and ease of actually running the exercise. It sounded like fun and people do learn more when they enjoy something. As a trainer, it gave me problems – the range and amount of learning points! I wish I had those problems with every training activity. At such a reasonable cost – this is one of the most effective, value-for-money training tools I have come across.
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- Trainer’s notes
- CD-ROM containing Computer Program and PowerPoint Presentation
- Team Briefing Folders each containing 11 pp of info: Introduction, Villeburg, Product, Running Your Pizza Shop, Market Research Report, Advertising, Staff, Finance, Energy, Shop Fittings, Map
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