MARGA Online
Competition

The MARGA Online Competition 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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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. If I had the chance to participate again, I wouldn’t hesitate to say yes!

MARGA offers the rare possibility to learn from expensive mistakes at a convenient price.

One team, six people on four different continents and one decision to make – it is just great which possibilities we have today.

The MARGA business simulation not only enabled us to expand our theoretical knowledge and subsequently apply it in practice but also to refine our personal competencies. The experiences we gathered during the simulation were invaluable and have prepared us for future professional challenges. MARGA was thus a platform that allowed us to grow beyond ourselves and shine both as individuals and as a team.

We think that MARGA has made a very valuable contribution to taking a big step in the professional careers of our trainees. MARGA is not only about winning, but also about how to cooperate in a company and how to work together. You can only be successful if you maintain the team spirit and work together as a team. And you can learn that very well at MARGA, because you have to make a lot of business discussions as a team, and you need to have a lot of passion to deal with these figures. What you learn here will accompany you throughout your entire career.

We’d like to express our gratitude to MARGA for the valuable partnership. Thank you for providing our graduates with the opportunity to acquire and apply management skills in an enjoyable and practical manner.