Business Simulations for Your Teaching
Use our simulations for interdisciplinary teaching at universities, schools and educational institutions.
Your Advantages with Business Simulations from TOPSIM
Practice-oriented Teaching
Our portfolio includes 12 business simulations. Through the practical application of theoretical knowledge, TOPSIM simulations enable sustainable learning.
Digital Learning
With our business simulations, you you set innovative impulses in teaching and gain deeper insights into how your students learn.
Use in the TOPSIM-Cloud
The TOPSIM-Cloud provides greater flexibility in design and implementation, and allows participants to access the business simulation from anywhere.
Product Highlights
Our business simulations turn your seminar into an exciting experience! With TOPSIM you benefit from a proven methodology that generates sustainable learning success.
For Instructors
→ Innovative teaching concepts encourage the active participation and motivation of your participants
→ TOPSIM-Cloud supports your evaluation with reports and diagrams for all teams and each simulation period
→ Individually adjustable features such as the planning tool and corrections make it easier for you to adjust to your target group
For Participants
→ Participants analyze the company and the competition on the basis of realistic data and thus apply their theoretical knowledge practically
→ Participants learn to make decisions under a certain level of stress
→ The business simulation requires working in a team and fosters soft skills
Get to Know Our Simulations
Our business simulation portfolio covers a wide range of industries, topics and complexity levels. Find the right simulation for your seminar, from basic business courses to advanced master’s seminars.
Management Essentials
The strategic business simulation Management Essentials simulates the business environment of a production company for innovative on-ear headphones. This beginner-friendly simulation teaches basic business knowledge and entrepreneurial relationships. It is particularly suitable for use in one-day events, introductory events at universities or basic business seminars.
Learning content:
- Business management terms and key figures
- Basics of marketing
- Evaluation of company data
- Decision-making in a team
Further information on Management Essentials can be found in our flyer or on our blog.
Business Challenge Essentials
In Business Challenge Essentials, participants take on the role of CEO of an innovative backpack manufacturer. During the game, participants have access to a virtual advisor who helps them make decisions based on scoring reports. A leaderboard allows participants to compare their performance with others.
Learning content:
- Business terms and metrics
- Business contexts
- Marketing basics
- Workforce planning
Learn more about Business Challenge Essentials in our flyer or on our blog.
Scale Up
The competitive strategy game Scale Up is a management simulation in which companies with a long-standing, solid strategy in a traditional industry reach their limits. As the CEO of a once-successful scooter manufacturer, participants face the challenge of launching a new generation of electric scooters while developing a sustainable business model.
Learning content:
- Entrepreneurship
- Business model innovation
- Strategic business development
- Strategic marketing
Mastering Business Operations
Mastering Business Operations is a sophisticated management simulation that provides insight into the operations of a medium-sized manufacturing company. The comprehensive simulation offers in-depth insights into the complexity of management and enables numerous seminar concepts in the areas of controlling, financial and investment planning, and value-based management.
Learning content:
- Complex financial planning
- Dealing with high complexity, extreme information overload and massive time pressure
- Detailed micromanagement in production
- Investment and capacity planning
Learn more about Mastering Business Operations in our flyer or on our blog.
TOPSIM – Insurance
Participants of TOPSIM – Insurance take on the role of the management board of a typical insurance company (primary insurer). They make strategic and operational decisions for up to three insurance lines: liability, accident, and building insurance. Within these lines, products are offered in up to three customer segments (industry, commercial enterprises and private individuals).
Learning content:
- Basics of the insurance industry
- Asset management and risk management
- Develop, implement and adapt corporate strategies
- Controlling aspects and market positioning
You can find more information about TOPSIM – Insurance in our flyer or in our blog.
Product Brochure
For more information about our business simulations and their classification by level of complexity, click on Download.
Startup Essentials
The entrepreneur business simulation Startup Essentials simulates setting up a business using the example of a surfboard manufacturer. It simulates the typical stages of starting a business: Finding ideas and developing a business model, creating a business plan, negotiating with investors for funding, and managing the company after market entry.
Learning content:
- Market analysis
- Developing a business idea and business model
- Raising capital
- Staffing and capacity utilization
Learn more about Startup Essentials in our flyer or on our blog.
Business Management
The Business Management simulation game simulates a medium-sized bicycle manufacturer. In the role of the management, the participants have the task of helping the company to achieve new growth. On the one hand, they make operational decisions in the areas of procurement, production, marketing, and human resources. On the other hand, they must demonstrate foresight in strategic management and determine the optimal product-market combination for production.
Learning content:
- Fundamentals of strategic corporate management
- Marketing mix
- Personnel and capacity planning
- Accounting
Further information on Business Management can be found in our flyer or on our blog.
Mastering General Management
The competitive industrial management game Mastering General Management is a challenging management simulation that depicts the complex interrelationships of a medium-sized manufacturing company in the manufacturing industry. As decisions become increasingly complex, participants learn to manage large amounts of information in a structured way and to assess the impact of their decisions.
Learning content:
- Business management and business development
- Product portfolio change
- Green manufacturing
- Disruptions in production
Read more about Mastering General Management in our flyer or on our blog.
Mastering Global Expansion
The management simulation Mastering Global Expansion depicts six economic regions with different framework conditions. In the role of the management of a washing machine manufacturer, participants initially operate exclusively in their home region. However, the focus soon shifts to the internationalization of the company’s activities.
Learning content:
- Corporate mission statement
- Expansion decisions
- International marketing mix
- Strategic marketing
Read more about Mastering Global Expansion in our flyer or on our blog.
TOPSIM – Banking
Participants of TOPSIM – Banking take on the role of the management board of a medium-sized universal bank. They make strategic and operational decisions for the Business Banking, Investment Banking, Wealth Management and Financial Management divisions. Within these business areas, products are offered in up to four customer segments.
Learning content:
- Fundamentals of banking
- Interest rate design, asset management, liquidity and capital management
- Bank management, service quality and customer strategies
- Controlling and market positioning
Please see our flyer for more information on TOPSIM – Banking.
Free Demo Version
Request a demo version to get to know the business simulation and the interface!
What Are the Licensing Options?
Annual licenses
You can use the product-based annual license if you want to use the business simulation several times a year.
Seminar licenses
You have the possibility to purchase a license for a seminar if you want to use our business games only once.
Curious to Learn More?
Innovative Business Simulation Cooperation: Management Essentials with Students and Trainees
Verw.-Prof. Dr. Regina Ahlbrecht from the HAWK – University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Simone Kaiser-Sill from the logistics service provider ZUFALL logistics group play our beginner-friendly business simulation Management Essentials with students and trainees. This cooperation leads to an exciting learning experience for the participants.
Mastering Business Operations at the Hochschule Bremen
Prof. Dr. Stephan Form from Hochschule Bremen plays our challenging management simulation Mastering Business Operations with bachelor students in the 7th semester. Before the students take over the management of a company, they evaluate data sets from previously completed “Mastering Business Operations” games using business intelligence tools.
Holistic Teaching with Mastering General Management at ISC Paris
Since 2011, playing our business simulation “Mastering General Management” has been an integral part of the studies for the MBA and Master students of ISC Paris. The goals of the seminar are to develop an understanding of the “big picture” and to promote communication skills in the team through playful application and specific assistance from the professor.
Your Contact Person
Marilia Armbruster-Reinert
Customer Relationship Manager
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armbruster-reinert@topsim.com