- Highlights teamwork in action as teams strive to agree on how to run a small business
- Encourages simple P&L analysis, forecasting and planning
- Shows the importance of a clear decision making process
- Stresses the importance of customers and knowing who your target market is
- Illustrates the value of close analysis of figures in order to control costs
Ideally suited to:
If you’ve never run a business simulation this is the one for you! Although it’s a serious learning tool and the activity is challenging, Going for Profit! is also fun: participants always learn more when the training process is enjoyable.
Teams are based in historic Villeburg which does not have a pizza takeaway. They bid for one of four sites and then attempt to run their business over six ‘quarters’. It is fully interactive so teams can (and do!) steal sales from one another.
They need to identify their target market and go after it. One team is in the ‘posh’ part of town, another in the student area and two are in the tourist belt. Decisions come thick and fast on whether to have motorcycle delivery, whether to expand, to diversify and how to deal with the health scare. Great fun and lots to observe in how the teams reach decisions and deal with setbacks!
This activity now comes with short introductory and debrief videos. Play the Introductory video (lasting approx 5 mins) at the start to brief delegates on their task and then after the game, play the Debrief video (lasting approx 7.5 mins) and when that is over, carry on with your own observations of how the activity went. Or simply use them to brief yourself on how to introduce and debrief the activity with confidence.
This activity now includes a virtual version, in addition to the physical activity for face-to-face training.
- Explain what the activity is all about (with optional introductory video).
- Divide participants into teams and issue Team Folders.
- Announce the time for the Auction of sites.
- Allocate sites and give teams time to make their first decisions.
- Each quarter, enter team decisions into the program and issue results for each team.
- At the third quarter, issue card (not supplied) for teams to construct a pizza box (optional).
- Lead debrief (with optional debrief video) and announce winner (highest profit).
Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.
Hard & Digital Copy
- ☑️ Hard copy pack supplied
- ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
- ☑️ PDFs, PowerPoint & Videos supplied
Digital Copy
- ☑️ Program supplied (internet access required)
- ☑️ PDFs, PowerPoint & Videos supplied
Contents
- Trainer’s Notes
- Computer Program (internet access required)
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Intro & Debrief Videos (optional use)
- Team Briefing Folders containing: Introduction, Villeburg, Map, Product, Running Your Pizza Shop, Market Research Report, Advertising, Staff, Finance, Energy, Shopfittings
- Also included in the virtual version: Trainer’s Checklist, Q1-Q6 Decision Forms, Tender Form.
This activity is for face-to-face and virtual classroom use. The digital files are supplied via the Northgate Trainerhub.
Our licence offering is designed to provide exceptional value and flexibility for your organisational training needs.
Upon purchase, each Northgate activity includes a five-year licence for repeat use, with up to a maximum number of delegates per training session. The maximum number of delegates for this activity is 24 per licence. This grants you the freedom to use the activity repeatedly, with the specified maximum number of delegates, for five years.
All Learning and Development (L&D) professionals based at the same site (or
‘remote hub’) as you are granted access to these resources, including to the digital files on the Trainerhub via your site-specific Trainer Dashboard, fostering a collaborative spirit within your immediate team.
Should you wish to make this activity available to a wider audience within your organisation, additional licences are required. We understand the varying needs of different organisations and aim to provide flexible options to suit your requirements.
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