I am searching for any games/activities/coaching tools which will help to develop retail (fashion) store management commercial awareness. The general idea is that these games/activities/coaching tools will be used as part of a store manager development toolkit. This is an urgent one!....any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Craig Ramsay
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Live Balance Sheets
I have been running commercial awareness / financial awareness for about 7 years
the best way i have found of teaching it is to bring things to life using floor exercises and games where people can really see how company finance works.
it does involve using a lot of props but it makes it fun and interactive.
i would be happy to talk to you about it to give you some pointers etc if you want
anthony@thevisionmatrix.com
Business Simulation
Craig
One approach is to use a computer simulation like Retail Challenge – http://www.simulations.co.uk/reteval.htm This introduces basic commercial concepts (finance (P & L, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow), marketing (mark-up & promotion) and operations (amount to purchase and staffing levels)) and how these link together.
Games
Craig
Have a look at Northgate Training. Mike Lynch is the boss there. http://www.northgatetraining.co.uk. We’ve used a lot of their games. They are really well designed and easy to run. Hope that helps.