Demystifying Simulations: Best-Selling Author Releases Online Tool for Human Resources and Training Managers to Demystify Selecting Business Simulations
Walnut Creek, Calif. (PRWEB) July 31, 2013 -- Hugh Hunter, best-selling author of “Shift: Using Business Simulations and Serious Games” and founder of Business-Simulations.org, today announced the release of an easy online tool specifically designed to help organizations select the type of business simulation that is best for their needs. Hunter announced that this complimentary, no-cost online decision-making tool, Find-A-Sim, is immediately available on the website http://www.business-simulations.org.
The application, built in HTML5, is a tool for human resources or training and development decision-makers to think about and refine how a business simulation (sim) might be used in their organization. Consisting of a series of simple questions, the user navigates through the application to determine the sim type that might best suit their needs: a custom business simulation or an existing, off-the-shelf simulation.
The results of this tool are based on the complexity of the simulation needed, and whether certain key factors must be part of the simulation itself:
• whether the sim will be used within a corporate/business environment
• whether management or non-management personnel will be using it
• whether the sim must include the corporate strategy
• whether a leadership model exists within the organization
“Many people are confused or even overwhelmed with the idea of using simulations in their business,” says Hunter. “In minutes, a human resources or training and development professional can use Find-A-Sim to help clarify what they may need and which direction to take for implementing simulations in their corporate training programs.” The application is completely free.
To coincide with the release of Find-A-Sim, Hunter is also offering for free the Amazon Kindle-formatted version of his popular book for one day only, on Wednesday, July 31, 2013. The book, “Shift: Using Business Simulations and Serious Games – A Straightforward Guide for Corporate Training and Development,” can be downloaded for free from Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMBP1TA). The book is also available in print format for $8.99 from Amazon.com. The book has reached number one in sales on Amazon since its initial release on May 1.
“Today’s learners play electronic games at a fast pace, with lots of action and role-playing,” Hunter explained. “If their corporate training is not engaging, they’ll get bored and tune out. That defeats the purpose of training. Simulations produce employees who are more engaged in the organization’s success, and who understand their role in creating that success.”
In “Shift,” Hunter clearly explains the learning and development theory behind simulations, and lays out a step-by-step process that organizations can use for implementation. Find-A-Sim is now the first step in that process, as organizations broaden the scope of their corporate training programs.
About Business-Simulations.org
Hugh Hunter is vice president of learning and development for Simulation Development Group, LLC (http://www.simdevgroup.com), founded in 2008, and has an extensive background in learning theory and application, solution development, and business growth. His decades of experience in educational technology at Apple® and other firms allow him to help organizations easily adopt business simulations and serious games. As a simulations architect, he has created and developed hundreds of projects, from childhood games through corporate employee retirement simulations, and currently architects solutions for global Fortune 500 organizations and for organizations aspiring to the Fortune 500. Hunter provides a web-based, free resource at http://www.business-simulations.org which helps people get started or make better use of business simulations. The print and Kindle versions of the book “Shift” are both available at http://www.amazon.com.
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Hugh Hunter, Business-Simulations.org, http://www.business-simulations.org, 925-415-6160, [email protected]
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