HR Simulation Comes to a Close
On November 30th my HR simulation team got together and completed the last budget and incedent for quater 8 in the HR game. Overall this game has been enjoyable to see what happens with certain decisions but it is very inconsistent and weak after the first couple quaters. I believe this because once a group starts a program the group can't undo the program or make it better. The only thing that can change is the amouont of money that a team puts into their safety, quality, and management training programs. And the only other thing that can change other than those three programs is wages and fringe benefits. I just think that this simulation is very weak at showing what would really happen in a real business environment. The only part of the simulation that seems to be true is the incident reports, but again they are not very strong. They make the team think about what actions to take in order to not make people anger with them and thats basically it. Overall the simulation is a good idea because it makes the students work in teams to make an organization prosperous.
Comments
Posted by: Robert Bucek
Posted on: December 4, 2005 10:08 PM
I agree that this simulation is too narrow minded. It does not reflect a real business at all. The incidents due help, however, as to day to day interaction the simulation was very lacking. Even the budgets were very simple compared to any real budget. There was really no forecasting or estimating for future years. The simulation was more like plug and chug then an actually budget. I do think that it did help with building teamwork skills and working out problems with "co-managers."