The Global Management Challenge is the largest Strategy and Management Competition in the world. It’s the largest international event based on business simulations, in which more than 500, 000 university students and company managers participated throughout the world.  The concept of the competition emerged in 1980 in Portugal by SDG – Simuladores e Modelos de Gestão and today Global Management Challenge is present in more than 30 Countries.  The competition consists of a Management Simulation in which each team runs a Company with the objective of getting the highest Investment Performance. ***Read More (takes them to the Challenge).  Managing a company, without running real-world risks, and taking top management decisions, the competitors are given the opportunity to: 

• Analyze Financial and Economic Indicators. 
• Broaden their views on Corporate Strategy.
• Interact with the different Functional Areas of a Company.
• Understand the Market Conditions in which they compete in and Customer Satisfaction.
• Become aware of the impact of their Decisions on the Organization itself, within an environment designed to encourage and develop teamwork.

  The main aim of the competition is to facilitate learning through practice - commonly believed to be one of the most efficient methods of preserving the knowledge gained. Through encountering various realistic situations, the participants are stimulated to think creatively and to draw conclusions. Through learning from their mistakes and accomplishments, they develop company management skills.

Briefing

Shows how the competition works.

Online Video & Manual

Explains the organisation and functions of the company

Company History

Details its performance in the previous five quarters.

Decision Sheet

Submits the management decisions to the simulator, within a restricted area of the organiser’s web site

Management Report

Produced once the simulator analyses and compares the teams’ decisions showing the detailed outcome in financial and operational terms

Results

Shows the result of each team in the market.