http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:20:19 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:20:19 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=431584 Farmersi is not just another mindless multiplayer browser based game. It is a business simulation game in which players manage their virtual farms in the Wild West - they grow crops, raise cattle and make investments.Create your own farm and manage it better than other players to win! Make continuous progress with your character while you challenge opponents in normal, league, scenario, and team play!Individual games are 1-9 players at a time and last for 6-17 turns, with turns calculated every 4 or 8 minutes, 12h or 24h. While you are having fun you just might also learn helpful business skills and develop insight into how economies and markets function.You may play for free at http://farmersi.net http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=426663 Instructions appear on the first tab of the Excel file. The two worksheets that follow enable instructors to demonstrate how changes in the magnitude of the treatment effects and of the standard deviation of the error term will impact significance in a One-Way ANOVA model. The user specifies three input values that influence the simulation of random observations. ANOVA calculations are provided for the student, leaving the focus on the interpretation of the results. The mirror site contains an article that can serve as a teaching note to accompany the worksheets. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=334496 This handy tool available at the AICPA's Feed the Pig website on financial literacy, shows users mathematcally and graphically the size of payment that must be made to pay off credit card debt in a desired number of months. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77016 How do you assign different roles for students to play in an online discussion? http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=81873 This simple calculator enables one to determine the lifetime value of a customer. One must input Average Sale, Buys per Year, and Number of Years the customer will purchase. Although it is simple, it will demonstrate to students how changes in either of those factors will change the value. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82415 Play on-line games and simulation to learn about using Credit, buying a car, paying for college, and budgeting http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=395167 Simulator whose purpose is to give players an overview of how different determining factors influence a company´s purchasing management. Players role-play as purchasing manager in a plastics company that must meet specific objectives. Players manage the purchases of raw materials and the production orders, adapting to the raw materials market, to the sales projections and to other events that force them to anticipate problems and make decisions. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80787 Constructs a decision tree and indicates the optimal choices. Includes two kinds of branches: probability and choice. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=89562 Association Global View creates and fosters international linkages between universities and colleges throughout the world. They are a non-profit, educational organization who deliver educational programs over the World Wide Web. 'Introduction to Business' is a course which includes text, guest lectures and simulations. This link takes you to the full text of an online book which is divided into 19 chapters covering all aspects of business. Although this book is intended for those undertaking the course in full it could be useful as a reference tool as it covers many of the processes involved with running a business. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=279129 MikesBikes-Advanced is specifically suited to MBA and advanced level business strategy courses. It has also been used in management courses such as Operations Management and Organizational Behavior.Participants have full control of the business from the beginning of the game and are responsible for Marketing, Finance, Operations, R&D and HR decisions. They are required to analyze data, collaborate with each other, and make decisions just like managers in the real world with their performance being ranked on Shareholder Value against other student teams in their course. MikesBikes-Advanced has also been extensively used for corporate training with companies including, Microsoft and HP have used MikesBikes-Advanced as a way to offer cross-functional training to middle-managers and rising stars to encourage a better understanding of all the functions that are important in the efficient running of a company. It is usually partnered with MGH/I Textbooks such as Strategic Management, Dess-Lumpkin; Strategy, Thompson-Strickland, but can be used with any textbook of your choosing or if preferred without a textbook. The MikesBikes software comes complete with full documentation (Instructors and Players Manuals), online resources (presentations, assignments and quizzes), and in-game help files. There are two versions within the simulation, a Single-Player version and Multi-Player version. The Single-Player allows students to become familiar with the interface, their opponent is a computer controlled competitor. Students then move onto the Multi-Player version where they are placed into student teams to compete against each other and become responsible for their own virtual online company, making the key decisions each year (decision period) in single or multiple industries consisting of 4 to 7 firms within each for control of the market. Setting up your simulation is easy, all you need to do is email us with your class list with students placed into teams. Once we have these details we enter a standard or custom rollover schedule (when decisions are process each period) the simulation will run automatically with students entering decisions before the rollover date, and then able to view their results immediately after the rollover. The Administrator software allows you as an Instructor to monitor their performance and view summary reports. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like further information. Smartsims Internationalsales@smartsims.comUS: 1-866 700 2333 or 1-877 406 7465Canada: 1-866 503 9141www.smartsims.com