08LV Tasks and decisions

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On the page Game 08LV home you can find all tasks to be done before the game week starts: this should be ready when you start off here.

Your tasks during the game week


Tasks during the game week 11, Wednesday 13th March - Sunday 16th March


All the sessions during the game week are very useful and compulsory (and often fun, of course). Tasks 1 to 4 should have been done in the time before this week: see Game_08LV_home.

  • Task 5: Monday 6th October (year 01) - Preparations

On this first day your team will demonstrate its creativity and thereby present the new hotel in a more promising strategic direction, as well as distinguishing your hotel from your competitors.
> 09.00 - 13.00 Meet with your team, work on teampage; be sure it is ready by the end of the day. Be sure to bring down the size of pictures or photo's used to 150kb. Check shrinking pictures.
> 13.00 - 14.00 Central Kick off! All in, your staff is available for questions.
> 13.00 - 16.00 Check and start filling out your teamsheet: your teamname start working on your decisions and explanation (secret link). You can change any decision as often as you want until the deadline. Work on your teampage in this platform.
> 13.00 - 16.00 Prepare the Trade Fair: be sure to have all things ready and set for tomorrow!
> 16.00 Deadline for teampage on the platform and for your hotels name in your teamsheet. You can upgrade the teampage later-on, but it should be ready for now and will be evaluated now.
> 16.00 - 17.00 work on a company-website, social media accounts etc. and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. - Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations | Help:How to edit your teampage | Help:How to upload a photo | Help:How to make links

  • Task 6: Tuesday 7th October (year 01) - Day of Creativity

On this first day your team will demonstrate its creativity and thereby present the new hotel in a more promising strategic direction, as well as distinguishing your hotel from your competitors.
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations in your teamsheet using the secret link.
> 10.00 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 00, instruction on year 01.
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for questions.
> 11.00 - 14.00 Preparations for Trade Fair, work on decisions and explanations of year one.
> 14.00 - 15.00 Participation in Trade Fair and presenting your new hotel and working on your tasks linked to the Trade Fair.
> 16.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 01 both to be done in your teamsheet. Read the page secure section link and use your secret link to fill out your decisions. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.
> 16.00 - 17.00 work on a company-website, social media accounts etc. and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.
- Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations, Read the page secure section link and use your secret link to fill them out. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.


  • Task 7: Wednesday 8th October (year 02) - Day of Calculations

Analyze the results, the operational costs made and the key indicators for your hotel. On this day, focus on the calculations a manager often has to make. "Financial language" is key in the hotel sector. Further, linking these to benchmarks is crucial to profitability. After receiving your first results (on year 01) you need to study them, in order to decide on how to react in the next year.
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.
> 10.00 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 01, instruction on year 02
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 11.00 - 16.00 Analysis of the results, make new decisions etc. make a dashboard for Christina and fill this out on in your decisions.
> 16.00 Deadline for all decisions and all explanations in explanations form for year 02 including your dashboard.

> 16.00 - 17.00 work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.
- Help on this: Help:How to work in the secure section and check results.





  • Task 6: Friday 14th March (year 02) - Day of Calculations

Analyze the results, the operational costs made and the key performance indicators (KPI's) for your hotel. On this day, focus on the calculations a manager often has to make. "Financial language" is key in the hotel sector. Further, linking these to benchmarks is crucial to profitability. After receiving your first results (on year 01) you need to study them, in order to decide on how to react in the next year.
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.
> 10.00 Deadline for sending in the assignment part 01 from year 01 to efhcoach@gmail.com
> 10.00 - 11.00 Results year 01, instruction on year 02
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 11.00 - 15.00 Analysis of the results; decisions on prices, team page etc.
- Help on this: pages in Category:Hotel_info especially Results
> 15.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 02 both to be done via the secret link to your teamsheet. Read the page Secret_link_teamsheet and use your secret link to fill your decisions out. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.
- Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations
> 15.00 - 17.00 Working on part 2 of the 08LV assignment, to be handed in tomorrow morning by mail (efhcoach@gmail.com).

  • Task 7: Saturday 15th March (year 03) - Day of Managing the Company

The managing of a hotel relies heavily on the ability to communicate with customers as well as your staff, especially when "exceptional" situations arise. Expect a negative event (crisis) to happen this year. The hotel management will need to deal directly, actively and creatively with the event, as well as to take timely decisions to resolve it.
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.
> 10.00 Deadline for sending in the assignment part 02 from year 02 to efhcoach@gmail.com
> 10.00 - 11.00 Results year 02, instruction on year 03
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 11.00 - 15.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions etc.
> 15.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 03 both to be done via the secret link to your teamsheet. Read the page Secret_link_teamsheet and use your secret link to fill your decisions out. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.
- Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations
> 15.00 - 17.00 Working on part 3 of the 08LV assignment, to be handed in tomorrow morning by mail (efhcoach@gmail.com).
> 15.00 Tomorrow is going to be a really packed day, so we suggest you to work on your 3 minutes of fame now (or in the evening) as well!

  • Task 8: Sunday 16th March (year 04) - Day of Promotion

On this day your team will show how to sell its services and make hotel promotions attractive through the use of internet and social media. The competitions finish today. Final results will be determined and the teams with the most profit and that were the most creative will be awarded.
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.
> 10.00 Deadline for sending in the assignment part 03 from year 03 to efhcoach@gmail.com
> 10.00 - 11.00 Results year 03, instruction on year 04
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 12.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 04 both to be done via the secret link to your teamsheet. Read the page Secret_link_teamsheet and use your secret link to fill your decisions out. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.
- Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations
> 12.00 - 13.30 Team preparation of 3 minutes of fame.
> 13.30 - 15.00 Presentations for 3 minutes of fame all teammembers are in.
> 16.00 Deadline for sending in part 4 of the assignment to efhcoach@gmail.com
> 16.00 - 17.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony.


  • Task 9: After the game final: Questionnaire

After the game final we kindly ask you to evaluate the game. Thanks in advance; it helps us to further improve the game!



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