Play Against Nature – A Virtual Business Simulation for the MOOC University and Corporate Markets


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ABSTRACT 

 
Our “Play Against Nature Virtual Business Simulation” is an 

outgrowth of our work on virtual simulations for the corporate 

world at GE, Microsoft, Dell and StanleyBD. This work was the 

subject of a recent article in “Global Business and Organiza-

tional Excellence.” This new 4 qtr game is designed for an indi-

vidual who would play against nature in the university MOOC 

marketplace. It has artificial role play, op reviews and all the 

degree of financial sophistication that TRI Corp brings to its 

corporate clients. The individual is competing against two other 

teams in the industry. Quarterly operational reviews are sub-

mitted to the instructor. The game is designed primarily for 

cross-functional business courses typically capstone in nature. 

It can be dialed up or down between undergrad and graduate 

use. The participants in the conference will be able to play 1 or 

2 qtrs within 1 hour. 

PLAY AGAINST NATURE –  

A VIRTUAL BUSINESS SIMULATION FOR THE  

MOOC UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE MARKETS 

 
Thomas Conine 

Fairfield University 

tconine@fairfield.edu