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Interplay: Successfully Manage the Forces That Drive Success
Program Benefits
Interplay™, from Great-Company, is an enlightening business
simulation that helps professionals understand and manage the interplay
of forces that drive their organization’s success. Interplay™
develops the C-level capabilities embodied by highly effective managers.
These managers understand the organizational, market, and financial
implications of their decisions. They plan, organize, and manage
resources in ways that maximize the value of their group to the
organization. They also instigate cross-organizational synergies
and lead collaborative initiatives that challenge silo-based thinking.
Interplay™ develops these insights and skills by immersing
participants in an intense practice field that reflects the real
challenges of managing knowledge and resource capital. In this fast-paced
simulation, participants compete to develop the critical perspectives
and capabilities in the areas most crucial to business success:
decision-making, value creation, resource negotiation, cross-functional
collaboration, strategic thinking, and business and financial acumen.
Professionals who experience Interplay™ immediately apply
its principles to:
- better align decisions and actions with organizational goals
- manage and grow the all the assets of the organization
- more strategically deploy internal and external resources
- influence more effectively under competitive, fast-paced conditions
- facilitate collaborative decision-making while also competing
for individual goals
- understand the impact of decisions on key financial metrics
- identify opportunities for strengthening the organization
Program Description
Interplay creates an exciting and enlightening real-world business
atmosphere in which participants gain a fresh perspective about
the complex drivers of business success. During the one-day simulation,
teams of four to five participants create and manage a simulated
company over five financial periods. To compete effectively, the
teams must skillfully manage the tangible (financial), customer
and external (sales and marketing), people (human resource), and
organizational (internal process) assets of their company. Specifically,
they must plan and allocate resources, satisfy demanding customers
and employees, make decisions under conditions of uncertainty, manage
through critical market events, and prepare and report financial
statements. Interactive learning tools, customized situations, and
challenging group exercises help teams develop a strategic focus,
and then plan and execute it effectively. After Interplay™,
participants are able to immediately apply key insights and skills
to better manage the interplay of factors that drive the success
of their businesses.
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