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'''Your tasks during the game week (Feb 05 - Feb 09)'''<br>
'''Your tasks during the game week (Feb 05 - Feb 09)'''<br>


'''Task 5: Monday 5 February (year 00) - Preparations''' <br>
'''Task 5: Monday 5 February (year 0) - Preparations''' <br>
Starting day of the game, introduction and finalizing the basic set-up of the hotel. <br>
Starting day of the game, introduction and finalizing the basic set-up of the hotel. <br>
> 09.00 - 09.30 Registration <br>
> 09.00 - 09.30 Registration <br>
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'''Task 6: Tuesday 6 February (year 01) - Day of Creativity''' <br>
'''Task 6: Tuesday 6 February (year 1) - Day of Creativity''' <br>
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. <br>
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. <br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 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 Deadline assignment 1.<br>
> 10.00 Deadline assignment 1.<br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 AGM: results year 00, instructions year 01.<br>
> 10.00 - 11.00 AGM: results year 0, instructions year 1.<br>
> 11.00 - 12.00 Round table <br>
> 11.00 - 12.00 Round table <br>
> 12.00 - 15.00 Lunch break and
> 12.00 - 15.00 Lunch break and
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> From 17.00 Work on Assignment 2 and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. <br><br>
> From 17.00 Work on Assignment 2 and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. <br><br>


'''Task 7: Wednesday 7 February (year 02) - Day of Calculations'''<br>
'''Task 7: Wednesday 7 February (year 2) - Day of Calculations'''<br>
Analyse 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 a 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.<br>
Analyse 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 a 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.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 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 Deadline for Assignment 2.<br>
> 10.00 Deadline for Assignment 2.<br>
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 01, instruction on year 02. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 1, instruction on year 2. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table <br>
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table <br>
> 11.30 - 16.00 Analysis of the results, make new decisions and work on assignment 03 in this year. Continue developing marketing strategies. <br>
> 11.30 - 16.00 Analysis of the results, make new decisions and work on assignment 03 in this year. Continue developing marketing strategies. <br>
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 02.<br>
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 2.<br>
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'''Task 8: Thursday 8 February (year 03) - Day of Managing the Company'''<br>
'''Task 8: Thursday 8 February (year 3) - Day of Managing the Company'''<br>
The managing of a hotel relies heavily on the ability to communicate with customers as well as your staff, especially when exceptional situations arise. The hotel management will need to deal directly, actively and creatively with the event, as well as to take timely decisions to resolve it.<br>
The managing of a hotel relies heavily on the ability to communicate with customers as well as your staff, especially when exceptional situations arise. The hotel management will need to deal directly, actively and creatively with the event, as well as to take timely decisions to resolve it.<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 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 Deadline for Assignment 3.<br>
> 10.00 Deadline for Assignment 3.<br>
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 02, instruction on year 03. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 2, instruction on year 3. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table.<br>
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table.<br>
> 11.30 - 16.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions, adjust team page. Work on your assignment 4 and make new decisions! <br>
> 11.30 - 16.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions, adjust team page. Work on your assignment 4 and make new decisions! <br>
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 03. <br>
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 3. <br>
> 16.00 Prepare for the [[3_minutes_of_fame|3 minutes of fame]], work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. Tomorrow is going to be a really packed day! <br>
> 16.00 Prepare for the [[3_minutes_of_fame|3 minutes of fame]], work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. Tomorrow is going to be a really packed day! <br>
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'''Task 9: Friday 9 February (year 04) - Day of Promotion<br>'''
'''Task 9: Friday 9 February (year 4) - 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>
> 08.00 - 09.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations. <br>
> 08.00 - 09.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations. <br>
> 09.00 Deadline for Assignment 4. <br>
> 09.00 Deadline for Assignment 4. <br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 AGM: results year 03, instruction on year 04. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 09.00 - 10.00 AGM: results year 3, instruction on year 4. Files: info on [[decisions]] and [[Demo Team File]].<br>
> 10.00 – 10.30/11.00 Team preparation of [[3_minutes_of_fame|3 minutes of fame]]; pricing decisions, adjust team page etc.; coaches available for feedback and questions. <br>
> 10.00 – 10.30/11.00 Team preparation of [[3_minutes_of_fame|3 minutes of fame]]; pricing decisions, adjust team page etc.; coaches available for feedback and questions. <br>
> 10.30 Deadline for handing in the data sticks for the 3 minutes of fame<br>
> 10.30 Deadline for handing in the data sticks for the 3 minutes of fame<br>
> 11.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 04.<br>
> 11.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 4.<br>
> 11.00 - 13.00 3 minutes of fame (all team members are in).<br>
> 11.00 - 13.00 3 minutes of fame (all team members are in).<br>
> 16.00 - 17.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony. <br>
> 16.00 - 17.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony. <br>

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Your tasks during the game week (Feb 05 - Feb 09)

Task 5: Monday 5 February (year 0) - Preparations
Starting day of the game, introduction and finalizing the basic set-up of the hotel.
> 09.00 - 09.30 Registration
> 09.30 - 10.00 Teams set up their offices
> 10.00 - 11.15 Official opening and Kick-Off
> 11.15 - 14.00 Lunch break + Karlsruhe City Tour
> 14.00 - 15.00 Briefing on upcoming tasks and deadlines
> 15.00 - 19.00

  1. Work on your Teams File and have section one, strategic choices ready.
  2. Look at the total of your Team File
  3. Work on your Assignment 1 linked to the prologue, year 00.
  4. Prepare the Trade Fair, check-out this page: be sure to have all things ready and set for tomorrow! Work on assignment 1 (a big one!) and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.

> 18.00 Deadline for Team File strategic choices. You can upgrade the Team File later on, but it should be ready now.
> 19.00 - 20.00 AfterWork (KarlsCafé)

Task 6: Tuesday 6 February (year 1) - 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 Deadline assignment 1.
> 10.00 - 11.00 AGM: results year 0, instructions year 1.
> 11.00 - 12.00 Round table
> 12.00 - 15.00 Lunch break and

  1. Preparations for Trade Fair
  2. Work on decisions and explanations for year 01 in your Team File via the secret link. You will absolutely have to read the page decisions as to get a grip on things.

> 15.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 1. Files: info on decisions and Demo Team File.
> 15.00 - 17.00 Trade Fair (Opening by Guest-of-Honour at 15.10). Present your hotel and work on your assignment on the Trade Fair. Participation of all team members is mandatory.
> From 17.00 Work on Assignment 2 and look ahead to the rest of the tasks.

Task 7: Wednesday 7 February (year 2) - Day of Calculations
Analyse 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 a 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 Assignment 2.
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 1, instruction on year 2. Files: info on decisions and Demo Team File.
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table
> 11.30 - 16.00 Analysis of the results, make new decisions and work on assignment 03 in this year. Continue developing marketing strategies.
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 2.

Task 8: Thursday 8 February (year 3) - 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. 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 Assignment 3.
> 10.00 - 10.30 AGM: results year 2, instruction on year 3. Files: info on decisions and Demo Team File.
> 10.30 - 11.30 Round table.
> 11.30 - 16.00 Resolve management issues; pricing decisions, adjust team page. Work on your assignment 4 and make new decisions!
> 16.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 3.
> 16.00 Prepare for the 3 minutes of fame, work on the assignment and look ahead to the rest of the tasks. Tomorrow is going to be a really packed day!

Task 9: Friday 9 February (year 4) - 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.
> 08.00 - 09.00 Meet with your team, work on decisions and explanations.
> 09.00 Deadline for Assignment 4.
> 09.00 - 10.00 AGM: results year 3, instruction on year 4. Files: info on decisions and Demo Team File.
> 10.00 – 10.30/11.00 Team preparation of 3 minutes of fame; pricing decisions, adjust team page etc.; coaches available for feedback and questions.
> 10.30 Deadline for handing in the data sticks for the 3 minutes of fame
> 11.00 Deadline for Decisions and explanations for year 4.
> 11.00 - 13.00 3 minutes of fame (all team members are in).
> 16.00 - 17.00 Game Final: Award Ceremony.
> 17.00 - 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! Please also help to clean up the place before leaving the premise.
> 18.00 All participants meet for dinner together (optional).


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