By: Steve Caswell Caitlin Anderson Leanne Heffernan Amy O’Connell.
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Transcript of By: Steve Caswell Caitlin Anderson Leanne Heffernan Amy O’Connell.
OverviewIntroduction
Game Instructions
Game ObjectivesPlanning and StrategyCompetitionRisk TakingManagerial skillsLearning
The Malaysian Business GameAhmad and Osman
Multi-cultural management training game
Congkak
Goal of the game is to collect more chips in your home base than your opponent
The Malaysian Business GameBefore you start you need:
2 or more players, best with even numbers30 – 60 minutes10 small/medium bowls, 2 larger bowls, 50
poker chips or marbles per pair of playersEach player is paired up and sits across from
their opponentEach player gets five small/medium bowls
with five chips placed in them and one large bowl, these bowls are placed in front of them
The Malaysian Business GameTo play:
Each opponent chooses one of their five bowls and removes the chips from this bowl
Each player then deposits one chip in each bowl starting with the bowl to their immediate left and continuing in a cycle
The cycle includes your opponents bowl, however you do not put one chip in your opponents home base
The Malaysian Business GameTo play (continued):
Once all those chips have been placed in a different bowl, do the same thing with the bowl to the left
Once you have reached your last bowl start with your first bowl, you continue the cycle with your opponents first bowl
This movement of chips is continued until all chips have been put into a home base bowl
The Malaysian Business GameOther game rules:
You never move the chips that are in a home base
If your cycle of chips ends in an opponents empty bowl you are “dead” and do not take any more turns until your opponent dies as well
If your cycle ends with putting your last chip in an empty bowl of your own you “acquire” all the chips in your opponents respective bowl and place them in your own home base bowl
If your last chip of the cycle is put in your home base, you can choose any of your own bowls to start again from, this is where strategy comes in
The Malaysian Business Game
The game ends when all chips have been moved into either of the home bases
The winner of the game is the person who has accumulated the most chips in their home base
Strategy & PlanningCommunication
Team members and opponents
Focus and patience
ObservanceBowls, chips and opponents
Planning your moves
CompetitionUnethical behaviours
AggressivenessMasculine attributes (need to win)
Interest/enjoymentFeminine attributes (experience and sympathy)
Risk Taking
Low vs. High uncertainty avoidanceHigh uncertainty avoidance cultures may take
more risksLow uncertainty avoidance may make safe
moves
Long-term orientated cultures plan ahead
LearningCommunication skills
Working with team membersIndividualistic/Collectivist
Listening skillsHigh /low power distance
AdaptingLow/ high uncertainty avoidance