The National Management Game (NMG) is a computer-simulated business game which allows you to learn to make management decisions in a REAL business world. Through the NMG, you will have a chance to pit your management and business skills against other competing teams for market share and increased profits.
How can a organisation be managed with maximum efficiency so as to make profits? That is the essence of the Game. Sound finance, production, investment, pricing and marketing decisions and strategies are required in order to compete successfully.
The NMG is therefore essentially a realistic simulation of business life in which a number of organisation (represented by various participating teams) compete against each other in a common business environment. It is based on the SINEW 4 Model.
THE BENEFITS
The Game simulates the real world. It allows you to practise specific skills in risk taking, decision-making and negotiating in the theoretical situation of a Game before applying them to the real world. You can relate to the issues raised during the Game without fear of failure.
The Game demonstrates clearly how a organisation works, the role of each of its principal parts and how team members must all work together to achieve optimum results.
The NMG is played by teams, not individuals. It encourages teamwork and decision-making. Each team must learn to work together, and in so doing, learn about themselves, and their roles in their organisations. The interactive exchange of ideas and experience will facilitate their development of interpersonal skills.
The NMG encourages teams taking part to plan strategically ahead to maximise whatever resources that are available to them and to be able to forecast the consequences of the decisions they make.
PLAYING THE GAME
Each team of four members organises itself to carry out the management responsibilities of the organisation under its control. The team has to compete against other companies in manufacturing and marketing, two common products - Products A and D.
Each team will be given a set of accounts and relevant data. Using this information, the team has to plan and decide on the allocation of resources with the objective of maximising profit.
The decisions taken by each team will be fed into the computer with the SINEW 4 Model for processing. Each team's performance is measured against its competitors.
A management report with data on the team's performance and profit/loss account will be used by the team as the starting point for the next Trading Period.
The National Management Game is played on a knock-out basis. In the preliminary rounds, groups of three to ten teams each are formed whereby each group competes in a self contained contest. At the end of each round, the winning team and possibly,
the runner up will proceed to the next round to compete against other winning teams in a new group.
BRIEFING SESSION
A full day Briefing Session has been scheduled at MIM in Kuala Lumpur for teams to familiarise themselves on the Game as well as to play a Trial Game on the team's behalf.
MODE OF PLAY
All rounds will be played on site at MIM in Kuala Lumpur, except the Preliminary where the decisions are to be submitted through the internet with personalised login ID given to each respective team.
Full details of the Game are contained in Participant's manual which will be given to all participants during the briefing session.
THE RULE
The Game is opened to all organisations or individuals residing in Malaysia.
A team comprises of 4 members; with either Executives / Managers drawn from a organisations, or individuals getting together and giving themselves a fictitious name.
Each organisation can enter any number of teams but no individual is allowed to be in more than one team.
In the event of company sending more than one team, each team must have a different name.
For the duration of the Game, any intended changes in team membership by any competing team must be reported to the Game Administrator in writing and must be approved before any such changes can be made.
Changes to team membership composition is strictly not allowed during the Semi-Final and Final.
Each team is required to operate strictly within the time-table of the Game. If a Decision Form is not received by the stated time a "Standard Decision" will be made.
In the event of any dispute arising, the Game Master will decide on the decision. The decision will be final. No further appeal will be entertained.
There will be no refund of the participation fee if the team or individual withdraws upon commencement of the Game on Oct 10, 2009. Please refer to Registration Policy.
Violation of any of the rules and the game rules distributed at the game proper will automatically disqualify the team from this competition.
THE GAME SCHEDULE
| Briefing Session |
Oct 10, 2009 (Sat), 9 am - 5 pm |
| Preliminary* |
Oct 12-23, 2009 |
| Semi Final |
Nov 14, 2009 (Sat), 9 am - 5 pm |
| The Final |
Nov 15, 2009 (Sun), 9 am - 5 pm |
* To be played off-site, where the decisions are to be submitted through the internet with personalised login ID given to each respective team.
FEES
MIM/Ricoh Corporate Member : RM500 per team
Non-Member : RM1,000 per team
GAME MASTER
Mr Low Chee Seng - graduated from the University of Malaya with a B Economics (Hons) and a Diploma in Education. He obtained his MBA in Finance & Accounting from the Catholic University Leuven in Belgium.
Mr Low lectured in a local university for 10 years. He then worked in a local bank for 20 years before he retired in 2002.
Mr Low has been involved in the Management Game since 1983. He led the team from a local Bank that emerged as the champion in the National Management Game in 1983. He has been the Game Master for the MIM's National and Regional Management Game since 1985.
GAME ADMINISTRATOR
Ms Choi Shen Fung / Ms Devika Rajamanickam
Marketing Communications & Events
Tel : (603) 2172 5555 / 2172 5441 / 2172 5442
Fax : (603) 2144 9319
Email : mimgame@mim.org.my
Website : www.mim.org.my/mg/mimricoh
* Deadline of form submission: 30 September, 2009
