Simulation Game Part One Reflection

Question $1$

The most important reason we played this game was to improve your understanding of operations management $($OM$)$ by allowing you to practice what you have learned in the course. In this respect and on a scale of $110($least to most$)$:

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Please indicate how much this game improved your understanding of OM in general. $$

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Question $2$

Let$$s talk about how this game changed your preconceptions and perception of operations management in general? What did you think about operations management before taking this course and playing this game and how do you perceive it now? Did you have any notions about operations management before which you now know are not true? In this respect and on a scale of $110($least to most$)$:

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Please indicate the extent that simulation game changed your perception and preconception of OM$.$

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How familiar were you with managing operations of an organization in the way you did in this simulation? $$

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Question $3$

Please list the concepts that this game improved them for you and explain how this game helped you better understand them.

Question $4$

A process is any activity which converts inputs into outputs. One important aim of this course is to instill process thinking into students. Process thinking can be applied to any work in life $($Ex$.$ Cooking$).$In this respect and on a scale of $110($least to most$)$:

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how well do you now understand the importance of process thinking in OM in general? $$

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Question $5$

Based on what you learned in this course and from this game, discuss the role and practice of an operations manager in a simple manufacturing scenario. Please be specific.

Question $6$

This simulation game is STLR tagged in terms of the tenet of research, creative and scholarly activities. How it helped you build your identity as an operations management scholar. In this respect and on a scale of $110($least to most$)$:

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how much were you intellectually challenged during this game$/$

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Question $7$

Please explain the ways in which you were and$/$or were not challenged during this activity. That is what aspect of this game came easy and what was difficult?

Note: do not talk about IT or gameplay issues for this question. Only talk about what was difficult in managing an operational facility like this. This question requires slightly deeper thought.

Question $8$

Lets talk about the relevance of this game. In this respect and on a scale of $110($least to most$)$:

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how important do you think this simulation game, or the learning from it$,$ will be to your career and$/$or life? $$

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Question $9$

Do you foresee yourself using what you have learned in this STLR activity beyond this experience? If so$,$ how? If not, why not?

Note: this question requires slightly deeper thought.

Question $10$

Finally, tell me what you liked and what you disliked about this game in general $($any gameplay, technical or IT issues? Anything about the gameplay you liked?$)$