MAGNUS OVERVIEW

MAGNUS stands for Management Game at National University of Singapore (NUS), and it has been used for many years in NUS in the training of Decision Making and Modelling. It is also being used in a number of foreign universities such as Universidad Panamericana Guadalajara in Mexico and University of Antwerp in Belgium.

Multiplayer

The game is designed to be played between a number of companies (between 2 teams to a maximum of 6 teams per game). The game will be carried out over a number of periods as decided by the game administrator.

Analyze Information to make decisions

MAGNUS is a 2 product, 2 market business simulation game.All companies will manufacture and sell a consumer product, which is sold to consumers for direct consumption, and an industrial product, which is a semi-completed product sold to industries on a contract basis.Using the MAGNUS Player, teams will have to analyze the information given to them and make decisions in 3 different areas - Marketing, Production and Finance.

Strategy and Teamplay

Players will have to work together and devise strategies in order to beat their competitors. Instructors can set different weightages on various evaluation criteria to emphasize different objectives using the MAGNUS Administrator. Players will have to work together and devise strategies in order to beat their competitors. Instructors can set different weightages on various evaluation criteria to emphasize different objectives using the MAGNUS Administrator.

Multi-Lingual

MAGNUS boasts multi-lingual functionality, allowing users to play the game in several languages. It has already been translated into Dutch, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish, and can be easily translated into any other language.