According to Foundation winner and student-athlete, DeMarcus Jones, Foundation has helped him understand the entire function of the business. “By being able to control the different aspects of a company, the Foundation Simulation has shown me that they all play some role in the performance of a company.”
Capstone winner Viraj Kulkarni believed the Challenge, and Capstone business simulation, helped prepare him and his teammates for the business world and how successful companies operate. “The simulations are extremely exhaustive covering all aspects of business management. We got an in-depth understanding of decision making process in the real world,” Kulkarni said. “We realized the importance of coordination between different departments in a company – each department is needed to understand the long-term goal of the company.”
Kulkarni said he and his teammates entered the Challenge because “we wanted to compare ourselves with the best in the world and test our business acumen.” Winning was an added bonus: “This competition is extremely prestigious and doing well in it would really add to our MBA education.”
“While many of the finalists are still studying in school, they already have the skills and knowledge to balance a company’s operational, financial and sales goals under a high amount of pressure,” Capsim’s Brendan Langen said. “The Challenge gives business students the opportunity to test their business skills against the world’s best.”
“Most students first participate in Capstone or Foundation over the course of an entire semester, but the Challenge Finals demand a weekend of focused decision-making. The pressure is extremely high for teams to make decisions, so you truly see the highest performers rising to the top.”
Mr. Dharam Pal, General Manager, CAPSIM India said “We have had three world champions in the last four years from India and seven teams have made it to the FINALS of the Challenge. Students from IIMB, SPJIMR, XLRI, IIFT, IMT, GOA Institute of Management have so far been top performers in the Challenge. Surely, excellent teaching and learning is converging.’
The Capstone® and Foundation® Business Simulation Challenge is a global online competition held in the spring and fall semester each year. The competitions are open to all students who have used a Capsim business simulation in their university course in the previous 12 months.
Finalist results from Capsim’s Fall 2012 Capstone® Challenge:
First Place: Sonia Apsingekar, Vikalp Babelay, Gaurav Sapra and Viraj Kulkarni; S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai, India; Professors Vasant Sivaraman and Bindu Kulkarni
Second Place: Mars Miao; Curtin University, Perth, Australia; Professor Gerry Shortland-Webb
Third Place: Rajas Nadkarni, Brandon Lobo, Jerry Varghese, Siddhesh Desai, Carl Mascarenhas; Goa Institute of Management, Goa, India; Professors C M Ramesh and Hemant Padhiari
Fourth Place: Quang Huynh; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; Professor David Kressler
Fifth Place: Tanner Lambert; Montana State University-Billings, Billings, Montana, USA; Professor Adrian Robertson
Sixth Place: Yin Zhu; University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia; Professor Martina Linnenluecke
Finalist results from Capsim’s Fall 2012
First Place: DeMarcus Jones; Lenoir-Rhyne University, Hickory, North Carolina, USA; Professor Craig Schreiber
Second Place: Andrew Enjalan; Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina, USA; Professor Andrew Cropsey
Third Place: Hunter Hassebrock; Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA; Professor Blaine McCormick
Fourth Place: Emylee Mueller; St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Professor Al Fillenwarth
Fifth Place: Kyle Peacock; Georgia College & State University, Macon, Georgia, USA; Professor Robert Duesing
Sixth Place: Juan Salas, Charles Taylor; Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA; Professor Gary Roberts
About Capsim Management Simulations, Inc.
Founded in 1985, Capsim Management Simulations is a global leader in developing and delivering business simulations that prepare practicing and aspiring business people to run profitable businesses. Our programs create rich learning experiences that give participants, whether in an academic or corporate setting, the opportunity to practice the skills and build the business acumen that are behind today’s successful companies. More than 1,000,000 participants at 600 schools and corporations have built their business acumen through Capsim learning experiences. Visit www.capsim.com for more information and a complete list of past winners.
Capsim® global Business Simulation Challenge celebrates 10 years.
Northfield, Ill. November 17, 2010 – The annual Capsim® Fall Business Simulation Challenge concluded its 10th year last weekend with students from the United States and abroad taking top honors.
Ramanarayanan K from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore took first place in the Capsim Capstone® Challenge, and Robert Woodward from Brigham-Young University-Idaho won the Capsim Foundation® Challenge.
Capsim® Challenge Coordinator May Zelner says, “The Challenge grows every year. The competition is intense with 1108 competitors from university campuses in India, Canada, Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Chile and the United States participating this fall”.
Ten years ago, in the fall of 2000, three students from the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill won the Challenge.
We tracked down Dipti Patel-Misra, Robert Rodgers and Eric Spink to learn if the business skills they demonstrated back then translated into successful careers.
Dipti is VP, Enterprise Financial Planning and Analysis at Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina. Robert is Director, Finance and Business Operations at Lockheed Martin in Colorado. Eric is President at Coastal Community Bank in Washington State.
Dan Smith, president of Capsim® Management Simulations, says, “It is a real thrill for us to see these three guys, who showed so much promise at business school, fulfilling their potential”.
Mr. Smith adds, “A business simulation provides the opportunity to integrate the many streams of learning at business schools and to apply them in a realistic way. Students who enroll in the Challenge want to keep practicing, to keep honing their business skills even after their course is finished, and we think that enthusiasm pays dividends”.
The Capstone® and Foundation Business Simulation Challenge is a global online competition held in the spring and fall semesters each year. The Challenge is open to all students who have participated in a Capsim® business simulation in a university course in the previous 12 months.
2010 Capsim® Capstone® Fall Challenge
1st Place: Ramanarayanan K; Indian Institute of Management, Bangalor, Professor Dharam Pal
2nd Place: Michael Abadir; University of Washington, Professor Vitaly Nishanov
3rd Place: Dai Jiangwei and Song Jie; Curtin University of Technology, Professor Adolph DeSousa
4th Place: Romi Chordia, Vijay Khairnar and Niladri Kundu; XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur, Professors Munish Thakur and Dharam Pal
5th Place: Matthew Mundt; James Madison University, Professor Bill Ritchie
6th Place: Gabriel Gonzalez Ponce; University of Texas, El Paso, Professor Joseph O’Connor
Capsim® Foundation Fall Challenge
1st Place: Robert Woodward; Brigham-Young University-Idaho, Professor Michael Whitesides
2nd Place: Trent Commons and Joel Huynh; Baylor University, Professor Blaine McCormick
3rd Place: Curtis Wallette; Montana State University-Billings, Professor Patricia Holman
4th Place: Paul Hansen; Villanova University, Professor Anthony Catanach
5th Place: Tan Duy Nguyen; Texas Christian University, Professor Patrick W. Nuss
6th Place: Olivier Djomby; University of Texas, Dallas, Professor Larry Chasteen
About Capsim® Management Simulations, Inc.
Founded in 1985, Capsim® Management Simulations is a global leader in developing and delivering business simulations that prepare practicing and aspiring business people to run profitable businesses. Our programs create rich learning experiences that give participants, whether in an academic or corporate setting, the opportunity to practice the skills and build the business acumen that are behind today’s successful companies. More than 550,000 participants at 500 schools and corporations have built their business acumen through Capsim® learning experiences.
Visit
www.capsim.com for more information and a complete list of past winners.
