General Management
Experience management live
Development of management know-how and decision-making skills
General management covers all aspects of management and therefore requires a comprehensive, cross-functional learning environment so that content can be taught in a sustainable way. The MARGA business simulation offers you this complex and dynamic environment in which you can make practical business decisions. Participants take on the management of a company with all its divisions.
Working as a team, they align their products and services to the needs of different customers and markets. They are in direct competition with other teams and develop competitive strategies. The teams implement these strategies period by period in the areas of marketing, production, human resources and finance. An efficient controlling system ensures full transparency and provides all necessary information for well-founded decisions.
The aim is to lead the own company to success. You can determine which success factors are decisive. This is because we can tailor our business game to the key performance indicators of our client companies.
We can integrate key figures such as MARGA Value Added, based on the value contribution or excess profit of a company, revenue, EBIT margin, free cash flow and ROI as indicators of success. We also offer the option of looking at several key figures simultaneously and weighting them according to a scoring model.
In this way, we can respond flexibly to the specific performance indicators of your company.
Are you interested
in our MARGA
business game?
Book a free online meeting now. We are always there for you personally and will be happy to consult you.
Program contents
Participants
- weigh up entrepreneurial risks.
- align their own range of products and services with customer needs.
- develop entrepreneurial thinking and action.
- translate strategic decisions into operational measures.
- manage all closely interlinked company divisions and functions.
- get to know the key figures that influence the company’s value and use financial information.
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Benefits of the business game
Realistic environment
Current political and economic events represent a realistic and dynamic business environment that constantly presents participants with new challenges.
Teamwork
Participants make all decisions together as a team. The direct competition between the teams generates enthusiasm and motivation.
Sustainability
The learning-by-doing method and the repeated application of what has been learned promote the practical transfer of knowledge into one’s own area of work and lead to a lasting learning effect.
Personal Tutoring
MARGA is characterized by particularly intensive tutoring. We also provide support with content-related, organizational and technical issues during the self-directed online phases.
Target group
- Deepen and apply business fundamentals
- Get to know how all company divisions are interlinked
- Take an overall company perspective
- Step out of the own functional area and gain understanding of other areas
- Align management decisions to overall company target systems
- Develop and accept the own role as a decision maker
- Focus on strategic orientation and financial-economic targets
- Seize dynamic changes in all areas of the company
Our general management
programs
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MARGA Online Competition
In the open MARGA Online Competition, teams compete with other companies over a period of six months – until the online live final, to which only the best four teams are invited.
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Management Training Online
The open online seminar offers a four-week mix of guided online modules as well as individual learning and virtual teamwork. Experienced MARGA trainers provide the participants with intensive support.
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Management Training In-Class
In the in-class seminar, participants learn how to think and act like entrepreneurs in an intensive management training course. The three intensive seminar days are an exciting alternation of technical presentations and their practical implementation in the business game.
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Management Training Blended Learning
As a multimedia management training, the open blended learning seminar utilizes the dynamics of the business game and combines the advantages of the in-class seminar with the strengths of the online management game. This mix ensures particularly sustainable learning success.
Customized business games
We develop flexible programs for you with a focus on “General Management” in the following formats: in-class, online or blended learning. We focus on your target groups and your organizational framework.
Standard adaptions
The aim of the program is to address company-specific topics and special features of the industry or to focus on specific content. To this end, we take learning content from the business simulation and establish a concrete link to the respective customer company.
Individual adaptions
If you require further customization in the simulation, we will be happy to offer you an individual development of a business game with a company-specific scenario, industry-specific market environment or individual key figure systems.
Are you interested
in our MARGA
business game?
Book a free online meeting now. We are always there for you personally and will be happy to consult you.
This is what our
customers say
MARGA has been an established partner for many customers since 1971. Our partners use MARGA successfully in various target groups across all industries.
MARGA offers the rare possibility to learn from expensive mistakes at a convenient price.
Axel Delker
Finalist MARGA Online Competition,
REWE Zentral AG
MARGA is an integral part of our Junior Manager Program – our trainee program for executive talents. MARGA makes entrepreneurial thinking tangible without real risks. The high dedication of our trainees has paid off once more: they are in the live final today.
Ruth Ziegler
Human Resources,
Robert Bosch GmbH
It was a professional pleasure having participated in MARGA! Not only because of the managerial knowledge I have refreshed and put into practice, but also because of the colleagues I had the opportunity to team up with. Apart from that, recognition must be given to the MARGA support team’s members, who were always happy to help out each and every team in the competition.
Priscila Pedrón Luzón
Participant MARGA Online Competition
DB Cargo
The seminar conveyed the functionality of a company and especially the fundamentals of accounting in a comprehensive and practical manner and thus made an important contribution to the new training program of our management trainees.
André M. Steeg
Senior Executive Manager,
Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG
One team, six people on four different continents and one decision to make – it is just great which possibilities we have today.
Anna-Lena Schulz
Finalist MARGA Online Competition,
Volkswagen AG
Where else can high potentials and young professionals practice to act as real entrepreneurs? We play MARGA with mixed teams in which we combine current with former trainees. Like this we achieve interdisciplinary and self organized groups. It’s amazing how much our teams learned about strategy, business management and market development in such a short time. They will certainly benefit from this experience during their day-to-day business. Above all, they both learned and laughed a lot – what a great combination.
Florian Conradi
Program Manager Trainees
EnBW
In addition to professional training, the MARGA Online Competition gives us the opportunity to promote virtual teamwork between our international locations in a targeted manner. Through high self-motivation and efficient teamwork, this year our two teams have reached the finals – we are thrilled!
Claudia Funke
Team lead Human Resources, People & Culture,
Develey Senf & Feinkost
Through the MARGA Business Simulation, I understood the connection between marketing, production and finance and how the decisions in each area affect the value of the company. Great Management Training – The online game was a lot of fun especially thanks to the competent and dedicated MARGA coaches. I would recommend the training to anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge in business management and financial ratios.
Dr. Tilmann Fahlbusch
Operations EMEA Tolling Manager,
Clariant
Business studies are a substantial supplement for the overall skills of our young professionals. The conveyance of know how by means of a gaming environment is particularly attractive. Our experience shows us that both studies and a competitive environment are a good combination. After the fourth year of participating at the MARGA Online Competition, this year one of our Vinnolit teams came in first – what a great performance!
Dr. Thomas Karcher
Operations Director,
Vinnolit GmbH & Co.KG
20 Years ago I, myself participated in the MARGA Competition and today I understand why our team was not able to qualify for the next round – that is what I call sustainable learning. Today our OBI trainees participate in the MARGA Online Competition.
Holger Jöhnk
Head of HR Headquarters,
OBI Group Holding
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