L&D Moments
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Wednesday, Oct. 27
All times are in Central Time
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Welcome & Learning Objectives
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Administrative Check List
- Scheduling Round Deadlines
- Scheduling a Restart
- Team Assignments
2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Introductory Lesson
2:05 PM - 2:20 PM Break
2:20 PM - 4:00 PM Rehearsal Tutorial
- Round 1 Walk-Through
- Round 2 Individual Practice
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Situation Analysis
- Common Tutorial Pitfalls
- Ideal Spots
- Demand Analysis
- Margin Analysis
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Wrap Up
- Complete Feedback Surveys
Thursday, October 28
All times are in Central Time
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome & Learning Objectives
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM Introduction to Capstone
- Getting Students Up the Learning Curve
- Introduction to the Simulation Interface
- Introduction to the Reports
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Introduction to Strategy in the Simulation
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Introduction to the Student Interface
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Show & Tell
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Introduce Round 1
11:10 AM - 1:00 PM Round 1 Decisions & Working Lunch - Decisions due by 1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Break
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Debrief Round 1 - Introduction to HR
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Round 2 Decisions & Meet Your CRC - Decisions due by 3:45 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Advanced Forecasting
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Debrief Exercise #1 - Introducing Additional Assignments
Friday, October 29
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Recap Day 1, Introduction to TQM
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Round 3 Decisions - Decision due by 9:30 AM
- Getting Students Up the Learning Curve
- Introduction to the Simulation Interface
- Introduction to the Reports
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM Advanced Debriefing: Using Themes & Storytelling
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Debrief Exercise #2
- Review Results
- Identify a Theme or Story
- Prepare Debrief
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Debrief Another Team
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Overview of Grading Options
- Balanced Scorecard
- Analyst Report
- Comp-XM
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Best Practices from Class Experience & Working Lunch
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Wrap Up
- Certificates of Completion
- Complete Feedback Surveys
Friday, October 29
OPTIONAL SESSION
All times are in Central Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Debriefing Student Pitfalls
- Calculating Opportunity Cost
- Understanding Trade-offs
- Product Design
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Utilizing Additional Reports
- Simulation Database
- Annual Reports
3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Bringing the Simulation to the Real World
- Articles
- Cases
- Assignments/Frameworks
- What can you do?
4:15 PM - 4:55 PM End of Simulation Activities
- Presentations
- Shareholders Final Debrief
- Final Paper
4:55 PM - 5:00 PM Wrap Up
- Complete Feedback Surveys