A Practice of Management Education with Business Game -Blended E-Learning and Presentation via Internet-

()moodleBackground2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20102Teaching management with business games for over 20 years in our universityOur teaching methods about business games with MoodleWhat are the practical educational problems?How Moodle solve the problems (with its functions)?

An Overview and Features of the Business Game(1)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20103Developed by Japan Business Data CenterProducing durable-goods and selling them through affiliated retailers

cost reductionarrangement of affiliated retailersadvertising expensepromotionquality improvementemployee training, reducing working overtimeimprovement of the financial situationAn Overview and Features of the Business Game(2)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20104Four distinctive roles in the game president, sales manager, production manager, and accounting managerSales manager makes a sales plan including about areas and retailers.Production manager makes a production plan about equipments, workers, and materials.Accounting manager makes a profit planning and cash planning.They discuss the plans and president adjusts the plans in perspective of management policy.

An Overview and Features of the Business Game(3)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20105410teams (per 1 league)6teams (2009)23 teachers90minites, full-yearfirst semesterthe rules and contentsSecond semesteradjusting the plans, analyzing the results, and making a presentation at Simulated Shareholders Meeting

The Flow of the Business Game2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20106Deciding Management PolicyMaking Midterm PlanMaking Short-term PlanAnalyzing the ResultsSimulated Shareholders Meeting

Microsoft Excel (Making a Plan/Inputting data)Microsoft PowerPoint (Presentation)Practical Educational Problems(1)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20107Oh, No!Theyre so many.You should study about sales, production, accounting, and management.We teach rules.Using Q & APractical Educational Problems(2)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20108We give some of numerical targets!By the way,How can I make the plan?We give an examination about a flow of decision making Practical Educational Problems(3)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 20109These are the results.I dont analyze the results.What are these?we teach the structure of a statement of profit and loss, a balance sheet.Practical Educational Problems(4)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201010What will happen if you change the figures?I can calculate management ratio with these figures. But I dont know the meaning.We teach the meaning of management ratio, and how the contents affect.Practical Educational Problems(5)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201011I forgot the technical words.What is this?You need to review.Practical Educational Problems(6)2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201012Why are the figures odd?I dont understand.The figures look strange.Why do you set the figures?There are many students with various knowledge levels about the game, so they take a long time to draw up the plans.

Draw up plans again.To e-Learning System2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201013In order to focus on discussion, we needed to omit the following things. studying technical termslearning to calculate variablesunderstanding relation of the plans and variablesAt that time, we lent a computer per company.We decided to make the preparation that our students can work anywhere computers and internet exist.Using Moodle for Doing Business Game2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201014We made the course of business game and used the group mode so that each company was independent. Placing the materials about rules in the siteMaking quizzes about the gameUsing forums (group mode)Making a course among teachers

The Effect of Moodle for Doing Business Game2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201015Providing the result data and the materials about analyzing and drawing up the next plans on the site as soon as the simulation finished.Posting the announcement Being able to have finished their materials when the class started.Teaching the students at different times.Checking our materials each other (in teachers site).

Using Moodle for foreign students2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201016Translating materials into Korean Language (using translating software). Using quizzes and tasks, and checking their tasks.Using Moodle for Preparing Simulated Shareholders Meeting2010/02/14Moodle Moot 201017The course included their history, results, and so on.They could refer these data and take them into the presentation as necessary.