 ug s school of entrepreneurship and business innovation students shine at international globus simulation competition 2021 ug s school of entrepreneurship and business innovation students shine at international globus simulation competition 2021 andydindial wed 9082021 1358 three university of guyana students from the school of entrepreneurship and business innovation sebi recently outshone many of their colleagues from around the world in the globus international competition a business simulation competition that focuses on competitive business strategy in a truly global market arena the students who participated in the competition and made the university and the entire country as a whole proud are mr sean langevine management programme ms anisa ramraj management programme and ms traceyann massaygillis business management programme in the simulation each group was required to run a company in headtohead competition against other students who were also put in charge of other companies all of which manufactured and sold two product categories 1 wearable video cameras and 2 sophisticated cameraequipped copter drones providing a brief background of how students were able to enter the competition dean of sebi prof leyland m lucas explained that over the past two years students in sebi have been engaged in a simulation exercise as part of the requirement for the buad 4201 course business policy strategy which is taken by students in their final semester this course is a seniorlevel management course that focuses on firm efforts to attain and sustain a competitive advantage it is concerned with managing the competitive position and longterm development of the business enterprise to ensure its survival and success the goal of the course is to increase the students effectiveness in managing strategically during the justcompleted 2nd semester several groups were recognised for their performances which involved being ranked in the top 100 globally recent statistics indicated that in the second semester of the 20202021 academic year the simulation was used by over 30000 students 253 campuses and in 28 countries of all the groups around the world participating in the semesterlong competition 675 teams were invited to compete in the may 2021 best strategy invitational bsi tournament and 65 of them accepted the invitation they were separated into 6 different simulation industries each competing for a bsi grand championship mr langevine and ms ramraj were grouped with d safare company while ms massygillis was placed in j photography company at the end of the invitational tournament d safare finished in 1 st place as the overall bestperforming company and j photography finished 6 th the sebi students were extremely delighted with their successes and expressed gratitude to ug for allowing them to participate in the international competition langevine said the process was complex we were placed in an industry with students from around the world unlike the inclass simulations where we had 1 to 2 weeks to make strategic decisions think about what other companies might do and formulate a strategy to outperform them i believed in my vision and strategy i was confident in my ability due to the knowledge gained during my interactive sessions with professor lucas the business policy and strategy course lecturer at the university of guyana he had a unique way of teaching where he forced me to find what i was looking for by providing clues but once i found them i never forgot them ms ramraj said when i first saw the invitation to participate in the globus best strategy invitational my first thought was that i would have to tell this to sean langevine this was because he was exceptionally outstanding at understanding the simulation and its mechanisms after having told him i thought it would have ended there for me even though there was a small voice at the back of my mind telling me to go for it this voice won when mr langevine asked me to participate in the competition alongside him having been friends for the last 4 years i accepted she added as guyanese we often hear of the accomplishments of citizens from other countries and not much news of ourselves unless it s a tragedy of some sort thus competing with the world was nervewracking to say the least as we wanted to bring recognition to our country for a positive reason when i entered the competition i felt relaxed calm and collective that only lasted until the first day of the competition the anxiety of having to compete against international teams was intense it was terrifying however as we excelled each week the fear and anxiety faded and the trust in myself and my teammate increased in a brief comment ms massaygillis expressed i considered this an incredible honour since our group received honourable mentions for placing in the top 50 for a few categories during the weeks of the competition however i was the lone participant since the other members opted out of the competition on recognition that first place garnered an invitation to a global competition i was eager for more chances to compete and refine my knowledge and strategies this made my semester even more exciting she added i was excited and proud to represent the university of guyana sebi and mng4202 business policy strategy class at this international level this was a chance for me to put what was taught during this semester into practice the knowledge gained from various courses such as business policy strategy financial management and international marketing and export really helped me through this process chancellor prof edward greene vicechancellor xi prof paloma mohamed martin deputy vicechancellors dr emanuel cummings academic engagement and dr mellissa ifill institutional advancement and the entire senior management team faculty and staff of the university of guyana extend congratulations to the distinguished students for their success and for making the university proud persons who wish to 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