Co-operation is name of the game
The Hong Kong Management Game aims to teach general management skills to teams who interact in a realistic business environment.
The event is organised by the Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA) and the game's designer, Russell Morris, says his main goal is "to make teams interact with each other in a realistic environment, make the game fair to all participants and to give a positive experience of modern management".
Participants will be assigned to lead different companies and execute business plans during the game in order to record the best results under different simulated circumstances.
"When I saw the `games' offered by various suppliers, I found them to be competitor versus computer rather than competitor versus competitor which is what business is about," Morris says. "Experienced players [will be able to] work out many algorithms used and thus have an advantage