Bill Clinton once said, “in today’s knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn”[1]. Educational institutions today face the problem of finding alternatives to teaching pure theory or having to use generic business case studies. The established fact is that “students learn more effectively if they are actively involved in the learning process; … Continue reading Experiential Learning
AHI (Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut) in partnership with Sanlam, KPMG, and Smartsims Business Simulations, have just embarked on the second year of a program designed to promote entrepreneurship amongst High School Students throughout South Africa. We were approached by AHI in 2008, in conjunction with the University of Johannusburg,who were looking to encourage business awareness amongst school … Continue reading AHI: MikesBikes in Schools
The third annual Leaders of Tomorrow (LOT) Business Analysis Competition is now underway. The Business Analysis Competition presents the LOT Mentees an opportunity to run their own MikesBikes-Intro company, and then present this business analysis as part of the 2011 National Case competition in Florida. The LOT program is a high school mentoring program founded … Continue reading Leaders of Tomorrow
We’ve been very busy over December to bring you some anticipated updates across all of our Business simulations. The most notable update is the release of the online (web-browser based) version of the Single-Player for all our products. This is a complete replication of the Single-Player, with students now able to control their own rollovers … Continue reading Product Updates for 2011
Nick Hammond will be re-joining the Smartsims Team from the 24th of January 2011 as one of our Account Managers. A number of you will remember Nick, who was part of the Smartsims Team from mid-2007 through to mid-2009. At that time he departed overseas but we are pleased that Nick has returned to our … Continue reading Welcome Back Nick Hammond
Running a Smartsims Business Simulation has never been easier! January 2011 sees our revamped course pages launched and ready for use. Instructors and Students alike will benefit from simplified and easy to navigate course pages, with all necessary resources at their fingertips. Updated Student Coursepages New Student Welcome page This is the new Welcome page … Continue reading Website Updates for Jan 2011
Smartsims India is pleased to announce SIBO, a nationwide competition for business students. SIBO is a fun and engaging way to learn more about business and put your skills to the test against other like minded students. The first round in Jabalpur this week was a great success. Over the two day event the competitors learned … Continue reading SIBO Launches in Jabalpur
Professor Bob Sproule at the University of Waterloo has used MikesBikes Intro in his Introduction to Business Accounting course for the past 5 years. This class has a number of different sources of marks from the variety of activities. It is a course that introduces students to different subject areas such as marketing, ethics, and … Continue reading Waterloo MikesBikes Awards Ceremony
We are pleased to welcome The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Professor William Madway into the Smartsims family. Professor Madway teaches the Introduction to Marketing Course (MKTG 101) at Wharton. Professor Madway first experienced our Simulations at Villanova University in 2009, while teaching Business Dynamics using our MikesBikes Intro Business Simulation. After … Continue reading Wharton Joins Smartsims
Indore, India: “India owes its success to the power of knowledge” said Dennis Gain, President and Chief Executive Officer of Smartsims Business Simulations. Dennis was sharing his experience and industry insights with the students of BM College (India), stating that “knowledge is power, and the key to job placements”. He further said students should plan first, … Continue reading Knowledge is power and the key to job placements