Teams Qualify for Finals of Global Business Strategy Game

Two teams from Dr. Jacque King's Westminster College capstone Strategic Management classes have qualified for the Business Strategy Game Invitational May 12-23.

Applied Force, the top Westminster team, placed eighth of nearly 2,500 teams in "return on equity" for the week ending May 4. Team members, all business administration majors, are:

Jason Blose, a son of Jack and Gail A. Blose of Cabot and a graduate of Knoch High School;

Jocelyn Smith, a daughter of Daniel and Janet Smith of New Wilmington and a graduate of Wilmington Area High School;

Rachel Terzak, a daughter of David Terzak of Youngstown, Ohio, and a graduate of Austintown-Fitch High School.

Business administration majors who are members of Elite, the second Westminster qualifying team, are:

Michael Busin, a son of Michael and Janet Busin of New Castle and a graduate of Neshannock High School;

MacArthur Mosley, a son of MacArthur Mosley and Gwendolyn Jennings, both of Pittsburgh, and a graduate of Perry Traditional Academy;

James Padula, a son of Kelly Padula of New Castle and a graduate of North Rockland High School.

The Business Strategy Game, an online global business simulation administered by the University of Alabama, is a semester long competition among student teams from 171 colleges and universities. Each team must make numerous business decisions in a simulation of the multi-million-dollar corporation in the athletic footwear industry. Teams are ranked weekly according to their performance in earnings per share; return on equity; stock price; and overall game-to-date performance. The top performing teams are invited to participate in the Invitational at the end of the competition.

King, Westminster assistant professor of business, explained, "The preliminary competition is designed to be incorporated with the textbook, Crafting and Executing Strategy, and classroom discussion. The simulation helps with the execution phase of strategy."

"Theory without praxis is nothing so this simulation helps 'put legs on' a chosen strategy," he said. "The most difficult phase of crafting and executing strategy is the execution phase since a majority of well-crafted strategies fail during implementation."

Contact King at (724) 946-7163 or e-mail kingjl@westminster.edu for additional information.

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