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1. de 7 y O T 7A Learning eem by doing business e TOPSIM Simulations So Learning business by doing business TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Installation Version 12 0 Copyright O TATA Interactive Systems GmbH D 72070 T bingen Table of Contents 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 2 5 1 5 2 5 3 9 3 3 9 3 3 9 3 3 5 3 4 9 3 5 OVETVICW ec e Fe MEE 1 Hardware and Software Requirements cessere nnne nnn 4 Installing the SOWA eiei oai 20 0 Ce SENI VPURDOEXT EREVS EE TUO REN E Cus MEER Ta DERE 5 Operating Instructions Overview eeeeeseeseeeeen nennen ene 7 Menus in the Instructor s System uiuit ioe eet 7 The Base Menu of the Instructors SySteM cccccccceeeec cece eee eeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 The Functions of the Individual Menus esseesesseeem mme T The nformation Uneen S 8 General Operating Instructions ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeenennannenas 9 Entry Forms for the Input of DECISIONS ccccec cece ec ee cease sees m 9 IRR CM NT ON otal escapee ciel patie EUNT NONE 9 EJHA OC FRCS MEN T E E E cere yates atecten cela 10 On Screen DIS Play leis esc douse 10 PPM REPONS wii taal n 11 Printer SO ClUD ce ce ED ct ee RM Ue ee ee 11 Data TANS Cl cc a ee I ea NL LA 12 Analyse Sar ats etu sctu eiua qadteibudie Ls a tae geal LL ee eee aa 12 Introduct2. Corporate Identity mEUR 4 00 Iv Market Research Report Product Development Technology Ecology Value No of Pel mEUR mELHR Product 1 Old 34 6 00 2 00 vx EJ isl Print X Cancel Help You will see the three tabs for decision input The first form is still a bit bare because at the beginning of the simulation only Product 1 and Market 1 are activated Company 1 and Period 1 which were last simulated are preset You will see the decision form The cursor is positioned in the first input field for the price of Product 1 on Market 1 Replace the given price with a new one Now quit the decision form by pressing OK Now select Simulation in the main menu and simulate Period 1 again Here you see that you can always re simulate a recently simulated period with altered data If you now reselect the Market Report from the Instructor s Reports menu you can immediately see the effects of your decision for Group 1 and for the other groups as well Via the Reports menu you can also view the participants reports for the individual groups You may of course print out all of the reports Normally you only need the following functions in a seminar Enter Decision Data Simulation Instructor s Reports Participants Reports If the participants are working with the participants software you do not need to enter their decisions since you can read them from diskettes or via the network gt Data Transfer
3. The procedure is explained in the section containing the explanatory notes TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 14 List of Functions for TOPSIM General Management Il Windows File Initialize New Simulation Restart Simulation in Progress Save Simulation in Progress Copy Simulation in Progress onto Hard Disk Read External Data Version Printer Setup Change Language Exit Edit Decisions Instructor s Data e Initial Situation e Data for the Periods e Activation of Features e Graphs of Functions e Factors Cost Allocation e Define Variables for Analyses Date of Reports Simulation Simulate Next x Period Simulate Previous Period Planning Model 1 Planning Model 2 Planning Model 3 Reports Instructor s Reports Participants Reports Analyses Reports Data Transfer Analyses TOPSIM General Management Il Allows you to enter the seminar s characteristics set the period to 0 and simulate the starting situation at the start of the game Returns the game to Period 0 in order to extrapolate results again with changed data Saves the current position of a game in progress with all its decisions and results Saves a special game with parameters that you have specified as a quickly loadable game version to your own directory in the management game For example you can save a version in which 4 or 5 groups made good decisions If you do not have eno
4. of the groups via participants and instructor s reports The information line states Period O in the second field Decisions are also pre set for all groups and for all periods In all of the periods all of the groups have the same decisions as Group 1 in Period 0 The parameters for the scenarios and data on the economic conditions have already been entered for all the periods Due to these pre set values you can simulate one period after another because all of the data necessary for the calculations is available However each group s results in the individual periods will be the same because they are based on the same decisions for all groups in the various periods The results vary from period to period only due to varying data on the state of the economy Try this for Period 1 Click on Simulation from the main menu and then select the sub menu item 1 Simulate Next 1 Period The sub menu also allows you to repeat Period 0 However for this exercise please select 1 Simulate Next 1 Period The program then simulates Period 1 In other words the results from Period 1 are simulated based on the available data When the simulation of the period is complete you will see the Period 1 stated in the second field of the information line Now select Reports from the main menu and Instructor s Reports from the submenu You will see the menu of the Bl xl Fz instructors reports Now select Iz the first report Ma
5. own users systems However in Period O the planning models are not yet available according to the default settings of the program Planning Model 1 Pre simulation based on estimated volumes of sales Planning Model 2 Market analysis based on assumptions about competitors Planning Model 3 Break even analysis for Product 2 TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 7 4 2 File Edit Simulation Reports Data Transfer Analyses Here you can find your Instructor s Reports the Participants Reports as well as the Analyses Reports which you may structure in your own 1 Instructor s Reports 2 Participants Reports amp 3 Analyses Reports way and which you can either display on the screen or print out Data Transfer Offers a dialog box with functions for exchanging data with the participants system Transfer Analyses Help Generates interfaces for graphics programs or l 1 Presentation Program Interface graphically displays results directly on the screen 2 On Screen Graphs Charts It is especially useful for portfolio analysis for the 3 Industry Portfolio Analysis m whole industry and for individual companies 4 Companies Portfolio Analvsis The Information Line The information line is found at the bottom of the screen The first field shows the name and the date of the seminar in this example Seminar DEMODATEN In the next field the period that was last cal
6. printer as the simulation takes just a matter of seconds Printer settings B W or raster graphics max 300 dpi Portrait 600dpi requires four times more printing time Print TrueType as graphics In order to present the reports in the correct font the settings 049 for Country code and 437 or 850 for Code page should be made in the Autoexec bat and Config sys files TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 4 Installing the Software After inserting the CD or running the file gm2setup exe the following box will appear so that you can start TOPSIM General Management II EA Installation f r TOPSIM General Management II E E x Willkommen beim Installationsdialog zum Planspiel A TOPSIM General Management II A Installationen direkt von der CD ROM Datei ReadMe TXT It is possible to install the simulation directly from the CD ROM The installation program installs the management game It suggests a file path name where the software will be installed However this file path name can be modified The default file paths are as follows C GM2SPL Instructor s System C GM2TLN Participants Systems The systems for the five groups that are participating are either installed on five separate computers or five times on a network You are advised to add the group number to the file names of the participants systems For example Gr
7. transparencies You can use these if necessary to introduce the seminar to the users Transparencies for group projects and analysis of the seminar have already been prepared and are available for use TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 3 Hardware and Software Requirements A computer that can run Windows 2000 or XP and contains a disk drive or another device that has no data saved on it yet e g USB stick is required It is also useful to have a CD ROM Drive for installation These requirements apply to both the instructor s as well as the participants systems The disk drive is only necessary if both the installation and data transfer will occur via disks Required hard drive storage space On the hard drive you need about 20 MB of storage space for the instructor s system and about 18 MB for the participants system The management game can also be installed and run on a network For more details see the explanations below You are advised to have some formatted disks available to create backups and to use as the so called Participants Transfer Diskettes If participants are working on their own computers and are not connected to a network you will need as many disks as there are groups Printer You may use any printer for which a corresponding Windows printer driver has been installed The time it takes to process the results depends solely on the speed of the
8. will see an error message The input field then automatically defaults to the last value entered in the field that corresponded to the correct format Tip If you make an entry in the wrong field by mistake yet have not confirmed the entry by pressing the return key simply enter an invalid character e g letters if numbers are required The system then displays an error message see above and restores the original value Important OK confirms your entries Cancel rejects them If you close the window this is interpreted as canceling you entries Simulation After you have completed your decision entries simply press the simulation button or select Simulate Next Period via the Simulation menu You can also choose to repeat the simulation of a previous period from the same menu Once the simulation has been completed you can view the results immediately or pass them directly on to the participants TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 9 5 3 5 3 4 Editing of Results EA Instructor s Reports 1 m x The results can be a displayed in chart or v report format similar to Please select the required reports by clicking in l how accounting and the boxes below Market Results R amp D Sales Production The report menu allows you to display or print Business Reports E Printer out individual reports a v alue Oriented Ratios group of reports or all of finance d
9. Installation This section which you are reading at the moment provides you with an overview and a general explanation of how to operate the management game e Explanatory Notes on the Game This section serves as a reference and provides you with tips on how to deal with and to interpret the results e Appendices contain files on procedures for the standard game and further tips that you may occasionally need Use the documents and information for conducting the seminar during the course of the seminar This includes e Decision forms These are hard copies of forms Use them when the participants are not working with the participants software and must submit their decisions to you on paper The three standard game versions each have a different progression with respect to when features are activated The decision forms contain different groups of decisions for the various periods e Scenarios These are the economic reports with tips for the participants as to which economic conditions they must consider when making their decisions As there are always three different game progressions in every game package this section of the manual contains three different texts each explaining a scenario These texts are referenced clearly in the footnotes so as to avoid confusion The users also receive the scenario texts on the transfer diskettes see the pocket in the manual labeled 5 section 3 2 2 called Data for the Periods e Overhead
10. They can also visit the company virtually They complete a virtual tour through which they receive the information they need for the simulation This information is identical to the content in the user s manual In the process of running the game you can view reports from the last simulated period or print them out activate the planning model and make decisions with the help of the participants system The exchange of data between the instructors system and the participants system takes place e Via the so called participants transfer diskettes also called participants diskettes With these diskettes the participants submit their decisions to the instructor and with the same diskettes he she gives the results reports from the previous period back to the participants diskette version e Or via the network In this case data is exchanged directly on the server from directory to directory using the network version e Other storage devices e g USB Sticks In Version 11 0 there are more ways in which you can transfer data in comparison to previous versions As a result there is also greater possibility for error We recommend that you follow our instructions for transferring data closely TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 1 Working with only the instructor s system With the instructors system alone you are able to conduct the entire management game You the i
11. culated is shown in this example Period 7 Seminar DEMODATEN Date 10 1 2005 Period 7 Status In the last field actions are displayed during the simulation for example as report files are being generated and as files are being transferred to and from the participants diskettes If your computer is very fast it may be that you do not even perceive that the system is in the process of performing a simulation TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 8 5 1 5 2 General Operating Instructions You are offered functions via menus such as pop up menus and dialog boxes For entering data such as decisions the program offers you clearly laid out input forms The results are provided in report or chart form Entry Forms for the Input of Decisions There is an input field reserved for every value e g the price of a product The Starting position of the cursor is the input field in the top left hand corner Confirm your entries by pressing the tab key The cursor then moves automatically to the next input field You may of course use the mouse to select the input fields as well Check marks can be placed in check boxes by clicking on them or by using the space bar FE Select the periods and companies via the scroll buttons at the top of the input forms If you make an entry which does not correspond to the required data format e g letters instead of numbers you
12. e start of the game initialization of the participants systems for the course of the game also specifies the number of companies Allows the file paths of the participants systems to be entered Provides an interface for presentation programs or graphically displays results directly onto the screen especially useful for a portfolio analysis of the whole industry as well as for individual companies Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 15 Activation of Features The management game consists of various features The Activation of Features menu allows you to specify the periods in which the various features of the simulation start to apply However the so called Base Scenario involving Product 1 sold on Market 1 always applies In the version that we provide there are always three game versions data versions included They vary according to when and if features are activated Game Version A 6 Period Scenarios for shorter seminars Periods 1 2 3 4 5 Bb F 8 Product 2 Development Product 2 Market 1 Product 1 Market 1 I ivi he i VF I Product 1 Old Relaunch oP DI iwi fr r r Product 1 Mevw Development ToT fe fe et fr r Product 1 Mew Launch iT T alee alee alee alee alee a Product 1 Market 2 gigi m m EN mim TETAI I Xl aiaia s I Xl lt i I Xl a I Xl a x x x x Product 2 Market 2 Game Version B 8 Period Scenario for long
13. epartments in Reports Back companies may present them Inventory Costs Finance Decision Data Select All Help the reports Here the menu for the instructor s reports is shown LE NN NN I On Screen Display The first of the selected reports is displayed on the screen You may go back and forth from one report to the next by using the buttons labeled Next and Previous EN Reports Back Print lt Previous TERTIA Edusoft GmbH D 7z070 T bingen Copyright ic 2003 by TERTIA Edusoft MANAGEMENT GAME Period 7 T PSIHM General Management II DEM DATEN Date l0 1 2005 INSTRUCTOR S REPORT Vi BUSINESS REPORTS PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT TS um wR SALES REVENUE 206 39 And 243 64 135 44 132 62 Cost of Goods Sold Sales costs R amp D costs Administration costs Other expenses income f r f f f OPERATING INCOME oe a5 al 32 24 29 15 Z28 l6 31 Income reg business operations Extraordinary income Income Taxes P T T T T NET INCOME FOR PERIOD Laos a4d 2a7 45 46 TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 10 5 3 4 5 3 4 Printing Reports You can select the reports to be printed from the reports menu However you can also print out the report that you are currently viewing on the screen see above Printer Setup Ensure that the printer has been setup correctly before attempting to print When the mana
14. er seminars Periods Uu 1 2 3 4 5 b6 7 Product 2 Development Product 2 Market 1 Product 1 Market 1 I ih ih Vly hv Product 1 Old Relaunch I EE M Ww Iw fe fe fe Product 1 Mew Development I EE M Ww Ie fe fe fe Product 1 New Launch I EE B ww Iii Praduct 1 Market 2 a E L I lw wie IM I E NN M ME MEM MS IH UM I EN M I xl 4 Il 4 I 4 4 3 i BB I x xl Product 2 Market 2 TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 16 Game Version C Base Scenario 8 Period Scenario the simplest setting Periods Ju c Eg Product 1 Market 1 Product 1 Old Relaunch Product 1 Mew Development Product 1 New Launch B Boe LN NE ME M UN IN LEN M ME ME M M IN LEN M ME ME IN UN INN Product 1 Market 2 Product 2 Development Product 2 Market 1 Dm LME NI ME ME IM IN INN ME NI MEM NE IM IN INN LMN NI MN MM IM IN INN LMN NI MEM ME IM IN INN LMN NI ME ME IM IN INN Product 2 Market 2 When starting a new game and selecting the game version the settings specifying when features will become active are automatically loaded You will find detailed explanations concerning the extended scenario in pocket 4 of the instructor s manual containing notes on the planning game TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 17
15. gement game is opened it automatically uses the same printer settings as those specified in the control panel Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP Start menu Settings Control Panel You can adapt them to your own requirements in the management game via the File menu Printer Setup command If you wish to change the printer settings for the course of the whole game you are advised to do so via control panel Recommendations for settings e Portrait e Raster graphics B W or other suitable graphics generally the setting which has the smallest storage requirement for the printer e With HP LaserJet Printers Under options select Print true type as graphics this is of particular importance for HP LaserJet III printers e Resolution max 300 dpi Advantages You can read the results better you save time when printing and you avoid problems with lines that may appear when you use a higher resolution Note The report menus can be closed only after printing jobs have been completely transferred to the system This transfer takes place in seconds with newer computers With older computers it may take longer In order to shorten this waiting period using the print queue manager is recommended Also keep sufficient storage space free on the hard drive for the temporary storage of files to be printed by the system TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 11 5 3 4 5 3 5 Data Transfer AEREE Da
16. nstructor would enter all of the participants decisions on this system The reports for the participants are also produced on this system The actual simulation of the results is always carried out on the instructor s system Participants decisions on decision forms EEEE E7 v Reports to be distributed to the participants Working with both the instructor s and the participants systems Instructor s System Decisions from l After the simulation participants Transfer diskettes Results from the computers to the I LS U L ID instructor s computer instructor s computer lau to participants or another medium computers USB stick network LJ LJ LJ LJ LJ Participants Participants Reports Reading the participant s manual or visiting the company virtually on the participant s system introduces participants to the initial position of their company and the rules of the game The starting situation is the position of the company before the game begins which is at the end of Period 0 The user manual contains different appendices at the end that can be made available to the users You can use the appendix with operating instructions for the participants software if the participants are working on their own computers TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 2 The instructor s manual consists of three main sections e Introduction and
17. ory EXerciSQ 2c soe ooesev adve a a CEOs Vader eeu Ua DUE Ea E E dq 13 List of Functions for TOPSIM General Management Il Windows 15 Activation of Features ceeeeeeer nnne h nnne hh nh nnn rrr h nnn nnn 16 Overview TOPSIM General Management Il is a challenging computer based management game that you can install on your personal computer The management game includes e The management game s software consisting of the instructor s system including a function to display EXCEL graphics and the participants system e The manual consisting of the data and information for participants the instructor s manual and documents and information for conducting the seminar The instructor s system is the actual management game With this software alone you can implement the entire management simulation i e enter decisions from participating teams simulate the periods and issue reports You can allow the participants to access the planning models on their own system The actual simulation of the periods can only take place with the instructor s system Other functions of the instructors system are explained in more detail below The participants system is an additional aid you may employ in the seminar provided that each of the participating groups have a personal computer to work with If you make this software available to the participants they can then begin to work with the initial situation of their companies
18. oup 1 Path GM2TLN1 Or on network M GM2TLN1 Group 2 Path GM2TLN2 Or on network N GM2TLN2 etc The number of characters for a file path on a network may not exceed 60 Please pay attention as to which drive is being used to install the files as the letter of the drive is an important part of the file path Please do not use spaces in the file path names TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 5 The current files being installed will overwrite any that may already exist If there is no directory on your computer with the name TOPSIM then the installation program automatically creates a folder The new management game is saved in the folder under a standard name You may rename it afterwards if you wish Note The installation program also installs a special font for the reports Linedraw ttf and Linedraw fot in Windows Fonts or Windows System entry in WIN INI Therefore please restart Windows if you are using an old operating system in order to make these fonts ready for use To exchange data between the instructors system and the participants systems the participants systems file paths are entered in the Instructors system This is carried out on your own system the Instructor s system The procedure explaining how to do so is in the section called Data Transfer 4 4 4 Write access Instructor Instructor s System Full access to the whole directory and subdirec
19. rket Results which you will then have displayed on your screen Reports 4 Back pray y Market Results H amp D Sales Production Decision Data Business Reports Printer Value Oriented Ratios L md EN Instructor s Reports Please select the required reports by clicking in the boxes below Inventory Costs Finance mm a Select All E Help The report shows the results for all groups in tabular form Due to the decisions being the same for all groups the results are also the same for all groups Nevertheless you should compare these values with those of Period 0 see the printout in the users manual You will notice minor changes These can be attributed to the fact that the economic data is slightly different for Period 1 Now you can close the report via the Back button and simulate a period TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 13 Decision Entry So that you may precisely see the effects of making a decision we advise you to enter i e change one decision for just one group Click on Edit in the main menu and Enter Decisions in the sub menu or click directly on the appropriate toolbar button EN Decisions ial x Company 1x Period 0 sales Product Development Purchasing Production Financing Planned Figures Product 1 Market 1 Price EUR Unit 000 Advertising mEUR 12 00 sales No of People w
20. ta with Participants Systems mi x Network version Please take care of the correct and complete Input of the participants directories Adjust Data Directories I Company 1 Read Teams Decision Data Company 2 W Company 3 write Results onto Teams Systems 7 Company 4 Initialize Teams Systems lf Company 5 The transfer of data between the instructor s system and the participants systems is carried out via the Data Transfer menu The Adjust Data Directories command is only active when the instructor s system has been started as a network version see above You will find details on Data Transfer in the notes Analyses lz xl 75 DE is z FF EEE 52 seuseeevel 600 2700 z800 2900 3000 uj ewm m vo 0 z Using the Analyses menu you can import graphics to presentation programs or view charts directly on the screen from the management game program You will find more details about this in the appendix of explanatory notes TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 12 Introductory Exercise If you have already installed and opened the management game you will first see the main menu Note After installation the management game is pre set and can be started immediately It is intended to be played by five groups of participants The starting position Period 0 has been simulated and the results are available to all
21. tories Participants Systems Full access to the whole directory and subdirectories Participants Participants Systems Each team operating a system has full access to it s own directory and subdirectories The users can train themselves with their participants system and can study the initial situation of their company The contents of the participant s manual pocket 1 in the binder are included in the virtual visit of the company allowing the participants to prepare for the seminar with the use of the participant s system alone In preparation participants do not require any diskettes If the simulation is installed on a network you must have already completed the initialization for the Participants system see section 4 4 4 Studying the manual is more extensive than simply using the program to familiarize yourself with the company and the simulation Therefore we recommend by all means studying the manual TOPSIM General Management Il Instructor s Manual Introduction and Installation Page 6 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 Operating Instructions Overview Menus in the Instructor s System The Base Menu of the Instructor s System When you open the management game you will see the base menu EN TOPSIM General Management II Instructor s System ioj x File Edit Simulation Reports Data Transfer Analyses Help Al es Seminar DEMODATEM Date 10 1 2005 Period 7 Status The Functions of the Individual Men
22. ugh groups in another seminar then you can load this version and allow the saved decisions to compensate for missing groups while participants of the seminar play companies 1 and 2 Reads saved data from external device to a game version directory on the hard disk Allows changes in the printer settings for the game in progress Otherwise settings should be changed via the control panel Enables set up for the appropriate language Ends the program Allows you to enter correct or view the decisions for all periods and for all groups Allows you to reconstruct a new starting situation Scenarios for the periods Allows you to put various features of the simulation into effect complexity reports planning functions Bankrupt button Parameters for the simulation model Parameters for the simulation model Enables variables for analyses reports and graphs to be selected Allows the date that will be printed on reports to be specified Simulates next period Repeats simulation of the last period previously simulated Pre simulation based on estimated volumes of sales Only valid for the coming period and presents the decisions of the period last simulated Market analysis based on assumptions about competitors Break even analysis for Product 2 Simulates results for all periods and for all companies Reads decisions from the participants systems Transferring the new results reports to the participants systems At th
23. us File Edit Simulation Reports Data Transfer 4 Here you are offered the functions for Initialize Mew Simulation Restart Simulation in Progress initializing a new game or restarting a game managing existing game ra versions exiting the program and setting up your printer The D Save Simulation in Progress EM Copy Simulation in Progress onta Hard Disk ii explanations of these functions can be 5 Read External Data version l found in the explanatory notes of the 6 Printer Setup manual 7 Change Language B Exit With the Edit menu you can enter the File Edit Simulation Reports D E decisions of the participants or 1 Decisions ia Instructor s Data k subsequently modify them view the data that provides the framework for 3 Date of Reports the entire simulation or change the date of the reports to the current date in the course of the simulation File Edt Simulation Reports Data Transf elmulation NENNEN Here you are able to simulate the BI a ere eae next period once all of the decisions 3 Planning Model 1 have been submitted or repeat the 4 Planning Model 2 last period e g in order to 5 Planning Model 3 accommodate modifications in parameters or decisions You can also call up the planning models for the following periods if you as the instructor wish to give the participating teams the opportunity to use it if the groups are not operating their
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