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* '''Task 9: Friday 14th February (year 04) - Day of Promotion'''<br>
* '''Task 9: Friday 14th February (year 04) - Day of Promotion'''<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 <font color="green">'''!So one hour earlier!''' </font color="green"> Meet with your team, work on [[decisions]] and explanations.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 Meet with your team, work on [[decisions]] and explanations.<br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 03, instruction on year 04 <br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 03, instruction on year 04 <br>
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions<br>
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions<br>

Revision as of 15:43, 28 December 2013

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On the page Game 05DE 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 7, Monday 10th February - Friday 14th October


All the sessions during the game week are very useful and compulsory (and often fun, of course).

  • Task 5: Monday 10th February (year 00) - Preparations and strategy

> 09.00 - 13.00 Meet with your team, work on team page (top of page link to your city); 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. Use for instance the tool shrinking pictures.
> 13.00 - 14.00 Central Kick off! All in, your staff is available for questions.
> 13.00 - 16.00 Check secure section and fill out in your teamsheet your teamname and experiment with filling in decisions. Work on your teampage. Check the videos help files on working on your teampage: Help:How to edit your teampage | Help:How to upload a photo | Help:How to make links
> 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 secure section. You can upgrade the teampage later-on, but it should be ready now.
> 16.00 - 17.00 work on the assignment (a big one!) and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.

  • Task 6: Tuesday 11th February (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.
> 10.00 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 00, instruction on year 01.
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for questions.
> 11.00 - 14.30 Preparations for Trade Fair, work on decisions and explanations.
> 14.30 - 16.00 Participation in Trade Fair and presenting your new hotel and working on your assignment on the Trade Fair.
> 16.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 01 both to be done in the secure section. Read the page Secure section 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.
> 16.00 - 17.00 work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.
- Help on this: Help:How to fill out your decisions_and_explanations


  • Task 7: Wednesday 12th February (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 hand that in printed out at 16.00. Work on yourassignment.
> 16.00 Deadline for the dashboard, the decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 02 both to be done in the secure section. Read the page Explaining secure section 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.
> 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 8: Thursday 13th February (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 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 02, instruction on year 03
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 11.00 - 16.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions, adjust team page. Work on your assignment make new decisions!.
> 16.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 03 both to be done in the secure section. Read the page Explaining secure section 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.
> 16.00 - 17.00 work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. 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 9: Friday 14th February (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 - 11.00 Central meeting: results year 03, instruction on year 04
> 11.00 - 12.00 Coaches available for feedback and questions
> 10.00 - 13.00 Team preparation of 3 minutes of fame; pricing decisions, adjust team page etc.
> 13.00 Deadline for decisions and explanations in explanations form for year 04 both to be done in the secure section. Read the page Explaining secure section 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.
> 14.00 - 15.00 Presentations for 3 minutes of fame all teammembers are in. Take notes or your assignment as well.
> 15.00 - 17.00 Last details on your assignment, to be handed in at 17.00 > 17.00 - 18.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony.
> 18.00 After the game final we kindly ask you to evaluate the game by filling out the handed out questionnaire; it helps us to further improve the game!

  • Task 10: After the game final: Assignment and Questionnaire

The assignment is a big part of this game and important for your final mark: it is worth 50% of your total mark. You will have to finish this document which you have been working on all week and hand it in at the final, printed out. Deadline Friday 17.00



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