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The Trade-Off Game

Target GroupBachelor, MasterResource TypeSimulation/Serious GameDomainClimate Change Finance, Sustainable and Responsible Investment, Sustainable Financial Economy, Sustainability Strategy: Management and ReportingDuration> 4hAuthorFinancial Times
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Summary

  • The trade-off game can be used for students to understand the rationale behind taking strategic decisions as a CEO

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How to use

  • The resource can be used at in lectures, workshops or assignments of any size. Optimally the game is discussed in smaller groups of five people.
  • Faculty should play the game themselves, understand the rationale behind it and prepare questions for the students to discuss.

Teaching format tip

Simulation/Serious Game

Establish clear learning objectives before gameplay and debrief systematically afterward. Students should document decision-making processes, unexpected outcomes, and strategic adaptations during play. Use multiple rounds to test different approaches and compare results. Connect game mechanics to real-world systems, helping students transfer insights from virtual to actual contexts.

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    • General KnowledgeThis section provides general frameworks and concepts related to sustainability that can be used in any discipline and across industries.
    • Specific KnowledgeThis section provides sustainability related content that would enable students following a business or management degree or course to be better equipped to face sustainability related challenges.
      • Economics
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      • Marketing and advertising
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    • Self-awareness
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    • Subject area
      • General KnowledgeGeneral knowledge represents foundational understanding across multiple disciplines needed for sustainable development. It creates an integrated mindset that connects basic and advanced topics across various knowledge domains.
      • Economics
      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
    • Skill area
      • Problem-solving
      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
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    • Learning approach
      • Cognitive learning
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      • Economics
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      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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    • Critical thinking
    • Self-awareness
    • Collaboration
    • Normative awareness
    • Anticipatory thinking
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      • Management
      • Finance, banking, insurance
      • Marketing and advertising
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      • Critical thinking
      • Self-awareness
      • Collaboration
      • Normative awareness
      • Anticipatory thinking
      • Systems thinking
      • Strategy
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      • Cognitive learning
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