Course unit
Business game
Last updated: 22/02/2024
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Course Director(s):
PEILLON Sophie
General Description:
The unit consists of two parts:
- Initiation into the VBA language
- A Business game (Kalypso) consisting of managing a SME operating in a competitive market. Working in teams, students must run the company and if possible develop its activity during an accounting period (4 quarters).
Key words:
Simulation
Strategy
Management
Excel
VBA
Number of teaching hours
39
Fields of study
Economics, Management, Human and Social Sciences
Teaching language
French
Intended learning outcomes
| On completion of the unit, the student will be capable of: |
Classification level |
Priority |
| Understanding the interdependence of different functions |
2. Understand |
Important |
| Learning the fundamental elements of financial strategy |
3. Apply |
Essential |
| Mastering Excel and the VBA language for finance |
3. Apply |
Essential |
Learning assessment methods
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Percentage ratio of individual assessment
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Percentage ratio of group assessment
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Written exam:
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0
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%
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Project submission:
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20
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%
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Individual oral exam:
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0
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%
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Group presentation:
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15
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%
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Individual presentation:
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0
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%
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Group practical exercise:
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50
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%
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Individual practical exercise:
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0
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%
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Group report:
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15
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%
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Individual report:
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0
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%
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Other(s): 0 %
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Programme and content
| Type of teaching activity |
Content, sequencing and organisation |
| Serious game |
Kalypso The Business game consists of “Managing a SME in a competitive environment (market)”. It involves: Understanding the interdependence of different functions Understanding the fundamental aspects of financial strategy, under internal and external constraints. You are “buyers”. The company already exists. It involves running the company over a financial year (4 simulated quarterly decisions) Team game. Assessment: preparatory work, business game results, final oral presentation. |
| Course and practical course |
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Assessment: Submission of (collective) practical project |