Elaboração de uma proposta de um jogo de empresas para a disciplina de jogos de empresas baseado na realidade local

Abstract

The objective of this work is to elaborate a simulation proposal for the Business Games discipline based on the local reality, on the needs of the labor market that require versatile professionals with entrepreneurial skills, promoting an improvement in the teaching-learning process as a tool for training, engagement and qualification of future professionals. In this way, the work presents the “skeleton” of a business game which can be based on the local reality, that is, a game that fits the reality of the city of Dourados. A bibliographic research on business games was elaborated to demonstrate the importance of games, the advantages and disadvantages, among others. According to Gil (2022) bibliographical research is based on already published material. Traditionally, this type of research includes a wide variety of printed material, such as books, magazines, newspapers, theses, dissertations and annals of scientific events (GIL, 2022). According to the author, with the spread of new communication and information technologies, they began to include materials in other formats, such as disks, magnetic tapes, microfilms, CDs, and materials available on the internet. The companies specialize in the manufacture and sale of ice cream. The group was hired to manage the organization, so they must work in areas such as production, marketing, finance, people management, costs, finance, inventory, among others. These responsibilities will challenge the groups to manage the company in a competitive and engaging environment. The game was designed in a way to make students think about the best strategies to be used in all aspects. In this way, it is expected that students acquire some skills through the game, such as: strategic thinking, practical learning, interdisciplinarity, understanding of the business environment, decision making, leadership, management skills, analytical thinking, problem solving, planning, organization, time and stress management, creativity, ability to deal with pressure, make decisions about uncertainties, negotiation, risk management, creativity, among others. It is suggested that the game be put into practice, either in game programming in some programming language or in spreadsheets. The game may undergo some adaptation based on reality, which may include new rules, new suppliers, banking institutions, that is, any change for the benefit of learning. Therefore, it is considered that the objective of the work was concluded by elaborating a proposal for the simulation of a business game based on the local reality.