Evaluation of SIMVenture ‘Business Analysis and Practice’ Module Faculty of Business & Law Strategy and Business Analysis Subject Group

Victoria Harte Research Officer &
Prof Jim Stewart
Institute for Enterprise
March 2010

Contents

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Introduction

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Methodology

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Discussion of Results & Analysis

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Baseline data

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Part 1

Section 1

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Section 2

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Section 3

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Section 4

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Part 2

Section 5

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Section 6

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Section 7

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Section 8

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Section 9

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Section 10

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Section 11

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Discussion of lower end scale results

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Two key factors of context here relating to the subject discipline are the actual module content itself and the use of the
SIMVenture software to apply the module content. In relation to the subject discipline i.e. business & management, the use of this business game to introduce students to such enterprise‐ related curriculum is a typical and suited approach. Drilling down into deeper contextual factors, inputs from the module such as the module descriptor, learning outcomes, learning methods and teaching inputs such as learning materials and access to university facilities were all take into consideration when designing the questionnaire. This design resulted in the evaluation being directly related to the module content within the subject discipline, enabling more rigorous and useful impact on the results and thus making the evaluation more meaningful, particularly for the individual educator. Furthermore, results from this evaluation in terms of the student’s responses and their feedback will prove extremely useful in respect to any changes or improvements that are made as a consequence to the module content and delivery. The sample size originally selected was 50 of which 38 responded, out of a possible 500. The sample size of 50 was determined by the Module Leader