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== Organisation of the Capstone project ==
== Organisation of the module ==
It is essential that all of you, individually and as a team member, join in all online events as scheduled. Keep in mind that you will be performing as entrepreneurial managers in the upcoming sessions and throughout the week duration of this game. So, next to working on your assignments, you ought to keep your social media and interaction alive.  
It is essential that all of you, individually and as a team member, join in all online events as scheduled. Keep in mind that you will be performing as business managers in the upcoming sessions and throughout the three-week duration of this game.   So, next to working on your assignments, you ought to keep your social media and interaction alive. <br>
What to do first? Take it step by step.
What to do first? Take it step by step.


<b><h2><font color="green">Preparations to be done in the week of xxxxx, before the Kick-off</font color="green"></h2></b>
''During all of the week-weekends ahead, think about hotels and how these don't close at certain hours, so: keep the communication on your hotel 'alive'.
To give you a head-start, especially as we will not physically meet, we want you to take the following 5 steps (as communicated by e-mail) before xxxx: <br>
 
* '''Step 1: Check the website of the hotel, as it is''' <br>
Just have a quick look at the [http://www.emeraldforesthotel.com/site/ website of the Emerald Forest Hotel]. You see the 'training program', that is what you are in now.
 
* '''Step 2: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel'''' <br>
Study the [[Introduction to Hotel]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on the hotel, the history and the situation as you will take over the management of the hotel.
 
* '''Step 3: Study the 'Introduction Game play'''' <br>
Study the [[Introduction Game play]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on what you can do as the new management team. <br>
 
* '''Step 4: Go to 'Your Game 40NL'''' <br>
Well, you already did, as you ended up here.
 
* '''Step 5: Meet (online) with your fellow team members'''<br>
It will be a bit of an extra challenge to cooperate online due to the COVID-19 measures, but still, act as a team player and aim not to leave anyone behind.
We know MS-Teams can work miracles, you can also use other back-channels like WhatsApp. Managing a hotel is having your team and hotel well-organized. Make sure you meet asap and work together in a professional way, and support everybody in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately. In Year 0 you will make a management Team contract.
<br><br>
<u>Team File</U> <br>
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. You did receive this secret link. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s [[Team file]]: the most important file in the game. This is the document in which you need to present your assignments, formulate your future plans for your hotel, and where you will also find your results under each year. The private link will look something like ''''https://goo.gl/L4cABC'''' and is case sensitive. <br>
Keep your link private and secret! In this Team File, you will work on:
::- Your assignments
And you will find, per playing year:
::- The revenues of your hotel
::- The profit of your hotel
::- The ranking of your hotel on the assigned entrepreneurship activities
::- Your ranking of your hotel on the assigned creativity activities
::- Feedback from your coach
Your coach will have access to your Team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team File:
::- Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
::- When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, Gmail): you will get a few more options in your menu ribbon.
::- It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that: The last edit counts: so make sure to agree with, which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
::- Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give issues.
::- You all have edits right, at the same time, in the same team file.
::- You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
::- Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
::- You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
::- It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", available via [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/editor-for-docs-sheets-sl/hkakjhmommclljpfacdehochefpefhph?hl=en this link]. The extension is needed for copying / pasting information between Google files.
::- It can get busy online, on the Google servers, on your WiFi e.g. So loading might take a few seconds, if the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (once!). For reassurance: we hardly had any problems on the 'Google side'.  


<br><h2><font color="green">Capstone Project, Monday xxxx</font color="green"></h2></b>
All events that take place via Teams are scheduled in your roster. <br><br>
* '''Step 6: Kick-off'''<br>
'''* You are tasked to run the hotel by a number of assignments.'''
Join in and participate in the main online kick-off along with other management teams: you will get instructions from the CEO [[Jill Jandal]]. <br>
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All events that take place via Teams are scheduled in your roster. During all of the weeks-weekends: a company doesn't close at certain hours: keep the communication on your hotel 'alive'
 
You will then receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:
** The team members with whom you will make up the management team of the hotel: the list has been made available via Teams, so you should familiarize yourself with your own Teams channel
** The team number of your hotel. This will look something such as "40NL-A01".
** Your Game is the 40th Game in row and takes place in Breda, the Netherlands, so that is why it is number 40NL.
** Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. The letter B stands for the city of Budano, the third city being Copenstadt: C. All cities are located in the Netherlands (or any European country and city).
** Your hotel in this case will be hotel number 01 out of approximately ten hotels in your city. The other nine are your competitors.
<br>
* ''' Step 7: City meeting 0'''<br>
Check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams. It might be shortly after the kick-off. If you have time, check the other tasks of this week. In this session you meet your coach, your competitors, ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this. In this session you will get your (private) link to your Team File and will know which channel in this MS Teams 'belongs' to your management team. So you can 'go' to your own channel afterwards, and make arrangements within your team.<br><br>
 
<u>More information</U><br>
After this, during the game you can find much more info in:
::- In the main menu you can see your Game 36BE, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother about other Games.
::- Always in the menu you can find the [[:Category:Hotel_info|Hotel Info pages]]. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
::- Clicking [[:Category:Game play|Game play info]] will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
::- Clicking [[Help:Contents| Help]] will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel
::- Clicking [[Social media EmeraldForestHotel]] will show the dominant currents social media accounts the hotel has.
<br>
* '''Step 8: Join the Facebook and WhatsApp group''' <br>
Go to [http://www.facebook.com/groups/3409079335807642/ Facebook group of 36BE] and request to join the group. You can join with a FB hotel page or a personal account (one per team will do). This is a private group and will not influence your timeline. <br>
As a service there is a special 'helpline: we suggest you to use this. Please choose one mobile number representing your Team in the Game: fill this number out in your Team File (it is part of the assignment of year 0). Please send  an app from this mobile to Game Support 36BE +31 6 8275 9959 with just your Team number: so 36BE-A01 or 36BE-C10 e.g. Nothing else. You will be added to the group then. You'll get instruction in the app how to use e.g.
<br><br>
* '''You run the hotel by a number of assignments:'''  
The total of the assignments is:
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6"|Structure
!colspan="6"|Structure
|-
|-
| '''Schedule'''
| '''Year'''
| '''Year'''
| '''Entrepreneurial assignment'''
| '''Business assignment'''
| '''Mark'''
| '''Mark'''
| '''Creativity assignment'''
| '''Creativity assignment'''
| '''Mark'''
| '''Mark'''
|-
|-
| Deadline .....
| Year 0
| Year 0
| [[40NL year 0 Entrepreneurial assignment]]
| [[40NL Business assignment year 0]]
| ....
| ....
| [[40NL year 0 Creativity assignment]]
| [[40NL Creativity assignment year 0]]
| ....
| ....
|-
|-
| Deadline .....
| Year 1
| Year 1
| [[40NL year 1 Entrepreneurial assignment]]
| [[40NL Business assignment year 1]]
| ....
| ....
| [[40NL year 1 Creativity assignment]]
| [[40NL Creativity assignment year 1]]
| ....
| ....
|-
|-
| Deadline .....
| Year 2
| Year 2
| [[40NL year 2 Entrepreneurial assignment]]
| [[40NL Business assignment year 2]]
| ....
| ....
| [[40NL year 2 Creativity assignment]]
| [[40NL Creativity assignment year 2]]
| ....
| ....
|-
|-
| Deadline .....
| Year 3
| Year 3
| [[40NL year 3 Entrepreneurial assignment]]
| [[40NL Business assignment year 3]]
| ....
| ....
| [[40NL year 3 Creativity assignment]]
| [[40NL Creativity assignment year 3]]
| ....
| ....
|-
|-
| Deadline .....
| The Final
| Year 4
| No assignment
| No assignment
| ....
|  
| [[40NL year 4 Creativity assignment]]
| [[40NL Golden Bell]]
| ....
|  
|-
|-
|}
|}
</center>
</center>
''
<b><h2><font color="green">To be done in week 22, deadline Wednesday June 2nd at 17.00.</font color="green"></h2></b>
<b><h2><font color="red">Year 0, The Preparations </font color="red"></h2></b><br>


'''Step 1: Kick-off'''<br>
Join in and participate in the main online kick-off along with other Management Teams: you will get instructions from the CEO [[Jill Jandal]]. <br>
You will then receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:
* The team members with whom you will be the management of the hotel: the list has been made available via Teams, so you should familiarize yourself with your own Teams channel
* The team number of your hotel. This will look something like “40NL-A01”.
* Your Game is the 40th game and takes place in Breda, BUAS Hotel management the Netherlands, so that is why it is number 40NL.
* Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. The letter B stands for the city of Budano, the third city being Copenstadt: C.  All cities are located in the Netherlands.
* Your hotel in this case will be hotel number 01 out of approximately ten hotels in your city. The other nine are your competitors.


* '''Step 9: Make your year 0 Entrepreneurial assignment '''<br>
<br>'''Step 2: City meeting. Check time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams''' <br>
Make your [[40NL year 0 Entrepreneurial assignment]]. <br>
It might be shortly after the kick-off. If you have time, check the other tasks of this week. In this session you meet your coach, ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this meeting.  In this session you will get your secret link to your Team File and will know which channel 'belongs' to your Management Team. So, you can 'go' to your own channel afterwards and make arrangements within your team. <br><br>
Your team will work in this file and also find results in there, after each year. After reading the assignment, discuss your strategic plans with regard to the hotel and come to conclusions. This all should be in your Team file well before the deadline. Changing after the deadline is not possible.
'''Team File''' <br>
 
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet.  Soon, you will get a secret link to this file from your city coach.  With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s [[Team File]]: the most important file in the game. This is the document in which you get to present your assignments, formulate your hotel future plans, and where you will also find your results under each year round.  
* '''Step 10: Make your year 0 Creativity assignment '''<br>
The secret link will look like ''''https://goo.gl/L4cABC'''' and is case sensitive.
Make your [[40NL year 0 Creativity assignment]]
Keep this link private and secret! Inside this Team file (for your eyes only), you will work on:
 
* All of your assignments
<b><font color="red">Deadline Monday, xxx. at 13.00 'Year 0' </font color="red"></B>
And you will find per round:
 
* The revenues of your hotel
<br><h2><font color="green">Capstone project, xxx, 13.00 xx </font color="green"></h2></b>
* The profit of your hotel
 
* The ranking of your hotel on the assigned entrepreneurship activities
* '''Step 11: City meeting 1: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
* Your ranking of your hotel on the assigned creativity activities.
Results of the year 0, looking ahead at year 1.
* Feedback from your coach
 
You coach will have access to your team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team Sheet:
* '''Step 12: Consultancy 1: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
* Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
This is the time to ask questions about all the tasks. <br>
* When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, G-mail): you will get a few more options
 
* It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that: The last edit counts: so, make sure to agree with, which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
* '''Step 13: Make your year 1 Business assignment '''<br>
* Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give some small issues.
Make your [[40NL year 1 Entrepreneurial assignment]].
* You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
 
* Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
* '''Step 14: Make your year 1 Creativity assignment '''<br>
* You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
Make your [[40NL year 1 Creativity assignment]].
* It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", available via [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/editor-for-docs-sheets-sl/hkakjhmommclljpfacdehochefpefhph?hl=en this link]. This extension is needed for copying/pasting information between Google files.
 
* Depending on your Wi-Fi bandwidth, it may take a few seconds for loading your file.  If the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (once!).
<br><h2><font color="green">Capstone project, xxx, 13.00 xx </font color="green"></h2></b>
 
<br><h2><font color="green">Virtual Business Week, Wednesday 3rd. March </font color="green"></h2></b>
 
* '''Step 15: City meeting 2: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
Results of the year 1, looking ahead at year 2.
 
* '''Step 16: Consultancy 2: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
This is the time to ask questions about all the tasks. <br>
 
* '''Step 17: Make your year 2 Business assignment '''<br>
Make your [[40NL year 2 Entrepreneurial assignment]].
 
* '''Step 18: Make your year 2 Creativity assignment '''<br>
Make your [[40NL year 2 Creativity assignment]].
 
<br><h2><font color="green">Capstone project, xxx, 13.00 xx </font color="green"></h2></b>


<br><h2><font color="green">Virtual Business Week, Thursday 4th. March </font color="green"></h2></b>
<br>'''Step 3: Meet with your fellow team members''' <br>
Plan ahead meetings with your team so you can prepare and plan for who is going to do what. It could take some extra effort on your part when cooperating online.  Still, you are expected to be a team player and aim not to leave anyone behind. We know MS Teams can work miracles, you can also make use of other backchannels like WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, Google hangouts or Facebook live. Managing a hotel entails having your team and hotel well organized. <br>
Make sure to work together in a professional manner while supporting everyone in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management.  If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately! <br>
For that manner, you are required to set-up a team management contract in your Team File in your earliest year 0 (the Preparation).


* '''Step 19: City meeting 3: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
<br>'''Step 4: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel'''' <br>
Results of the year 2, looking ahead at year 3.
Study the [[Introduction to Hotel]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on the hotel, the history and the situation as you will take over the management of the property.  


* '''Step 20: Consultancy 3: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
<br>'''Step 5: Study the 'Introduction Game play'''' <br>
This is the time to ask questions about all the tasks. <br>
Study the [[Introduction Game play]]: here you will find the 10 pages ''you need to read'' on what you can do as the new Management Team. <br>


* '''Step 21: Make your year 3 Business assignment '''<br>
'''More information'''<br>
Make your [[40NL year 3 Entrepreneurial assignment]].
After this, during the game you can find much more info:
* In the main menu you can see your Game 40NL, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother or get distracted about other Games.
* Always in the menu you can find the [[:Category:Hotel_info|Hotel Info pages]]. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
* Clicking [[:Category:Game_play|Game play info]] will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
* Clicking [[Help:Contents|Help]] will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.


* '''Step 22: Make your year 3 Creativity assignment '''<br>
<br>'''Step 6: Join the Facebook group''' <br>
Make your [[40NL year 3 Creativity assignment]].
Go to [https://www.facebook.com/groups/502630437789406 40NL Emerald Forest Hotel Facebook group] and request to join the group. You can join with a FB hotel page or a personal account (one per team will do). This is a private group and will not influence your timeline. <br>


<br><h2><font color="green">Capstone project, xxx, 13.00 xx </font color="green"></h2></b>
<br>'''Step 7: Check the [[Year 0|Year 0, the Preparation section]] in your Team File''' <br>
Use info on what to do from the page [[Year 0|Year 0, the Preparation section]] and check the page [[Team File]] on this platform to see what your Team File is and does. Then have a look at your own Team File. All team members can log in using the private link as provided to you by your City Coach.  Multiple users at the same time is not a problem. Your team will work in this file and also find your own results after each round (year). After reading, discuss your strategic plans regarding the hotel and come to a conclusion.  


<center>[[File:Jill_Jandal_CEO_Emerald_Forest_Hotel_04.jpg|250px]]</center>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Wednesday, June 2nd at 17:00. Year 0, The Preparation</font color="red"></B><br>
<center>[[Jill Jandal|''Jill Jandal, CEO of the Emerald Forest Hotel, wishing you good luck in the final push forwards'']] </center>
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion.  Click for details: <br>
<h2><font color="green">Virtual Business Week, Friday 5th. March </font color="green"></h2></b>
> [[40NL Business assignment year 0]]<br>
> [[40NL Creativity assignment year 0]] <br>
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


* '''Step 23: City meeting 4: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
<br><h2><font color="green">To be done in week 22, Year 1:</font color="green"></h2></b>
Results of the year 3, looking ahead at year 4.
<b><font color="red">Deadline Monday, June 7th at 17.00, Year 1</font color="red"></B><br>
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion.  Click for details: <br>
> [[40NL Business assignment year 1]]<br>
> [[40NL Creativity assignment year 1]] <br>
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.  


* '''Step 24: Make your year 4 creativity assignment '''<br>
<br><h2><font color="green">To be done in week 22, Year 2:</font color="green"></h2></b>
There is no 40NL year 4 Entrepreneurial assignment<br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Thursday, June 10th at 17.00, Year 2</font color="red"></B><br>
Focus on making [[40NL year 4 Creativity assignment]].
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion.  Click for details: <br>
<br><b><font color="red">Deadline Friday, xxxx. '''at 13.00''' 'Year 4' </font color="red"></B><br><br>
> [[40NL Business assignment year 2]]<br>
> [[40NL Creativity assignment year 2]] <br>
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


* '''Step 25: The Final: check the time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams'''<br>
<br><h2><font color="green">To be done in week 23, Year 3:</font color="green"></h2></b>
This will be the final and results of the competitions will be given. <br><br>
<b><font color="red">Deadline Wednesday, June 16th at 17.00, Year 3</font color="red"></B><br>
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion. Click for details: <br>
> [[40NL Business assignment year 3]]<br>
> [[40NL Creativity assignment year 3]] <br>
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


<br><h2><font color="green">Also, to be done in week 23:</font color="green"></h2></b>
In order to participate in the Golden Bell Award ceremony, and to conclude with your assignments under the HM Capstone Project, you have one more final assignment:<br>
> [[40NL Creativity assignment year 4]]: the Golden Bell <br>
* Final Ceremony: The Golden Bell Award 2021, Friday, June 18th (see schedule) <br><br>
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Organisation of the module

It is essential that all of you, individually and as a team member, join in all online events as scheduled. Keep in mind that you will be performing as business managers in the upcoming sessions and throughout the three-week duration of this game. So, next to working on your assignments, you ought to keep your social media and interaction alive.
What to do first? Take it step by step.

During all of the week-weekends ahead, think about hotels and how these don't close at certain hours, so: keep the communication on your hotel 'alive'.

All events that take place via Teams are scheduled in your roster.

* You are tasked to run the hotel by a number of assignments.

Structure
Year Business assignment Mark Creativity assignment Mark
Year 0 40NL Business assignment year 0 .... 40NL Creativity assignment year 0 ....
Year 1 40NL Business assignment year 1 .... 40NL Creativity assignment year 1 ....
Year 2 40NL Business assignment year 2 .... 40NL Creativity assignment year 2 ....
Year 3 40NL Business assignment year 3 .... 40NL Creativity assignment year 3 ....
The Final No assignment 40NL Golden Bell

To be done in week 22, deadline Wednesday June 2nd at 17.00.

Year 0, The Preparations


Step 1: Kick-off
Join in and participate in the main online kick-off along with other Management Teams: you will get instructions from the CEO Jill Jandal.
You will then receive information regarding your Team and the Game, such as:

  • The team members with whom you will be the management of the hotel: the list has been made available via Teams, so you should familiarize yourself with your own Teams channel
  • The team number of your hotel. This will look something like “40NL-A01”.
  • Your Game is the 40th game and takes place in Breda, BUAS Hotel management the Netherlands, so that is why it is number 40NL.
  • Your hotel. For instance, if your hotel is located in the fictitious city of Amstelburg, therefore the letter A will correspond to your hotel. The letter B stands for the city of Budano, the third city being Copenstadt: C. All cities are located in the Netherlands.
  • Your hotel in this case will be hotel number 01 out of approximately ten hotels in your city. The other nine are your competitors.


Step 2: City meeting. Check time slot of your City in your schedule and visit MS Teams
It might be shortly after the kick-off. If you have time, check the other tasks of this week. In this session you meet your coach, ask questions, have a look at the assignments of this week etc. Very bad idea to miss out on this meeting. In this session you will get your secret link to your Team File and will know which channel 'belongs' to your Management Team. So, you can 'go' to your own channel afterwards and make arrangements within your team.

Team File
As a team you will work in a shared Team File, a Google spreadsheet. Soon, you will get a secret link to this file from your city coach. With this link, you will have access to your hotel’s Team File: the most important file in the game. This is the document in which you get to present your assignments, formulate your hotel future plans, and where you will also find your results under each year round. The secret link will look like 'https://goo.gl/L4cABC' and is case sensitive. Keep this link private and secret! Inside this Team file (for your eyes only), you will work on:

  • All of your assignments

And you will find per round:

  • The revenues of your hotel
  • The profit of your hotel
  • The ranking of your hotel on the assigned entrepreneurship activities
  • Your ranking of your hotel on the assigned creativity activities.
  • Feedback from your coach

You coach will have access to your team File at all times. A few things to bear in mind while working collectively in this Team Sheet:

  • Please use Chrome as your browser (will work the best, both owned by Google).
  • When you are logged in in Google (YouTube, G-mail): you will get a few more options
  • It is real-time, with a small delay. And be aware that: The last edit counts: so, make sure to agree with, which team member will do the final editing (mind the deadlines).
  • Work online only: downloading, converting to Excel etc. will always give some small issues.
  • You have edit rights in a selected number of cells, only the yellow ones: follow the instructions, do not change tabs, don't make new tabs etc.
  • Many cells have a small triangle on the top right hand: hover your mouse over it, as this will give additional information on the subject.
  • You are not allowed to change things after the deadline, or in any previous year.
  • It can be handy to install the extension "Editor for Docs, Sheets & Slides", available via this link. This extension is needed for copying/pasting information between Google files.
  • Depending on your Wi-Fi bandwidth, it may take a few seconds for loading your file. If the file doesn't seem to load, exit and open it again or do a refresh (once!).


Step 3: Meet with your fellow team members
Plan ahead meetings with your team so you can prepare and plan for who is going to do what. It could take some extra effort on your part when cooperating online. Still, you are expected to be a team player and aim not to leave anyone behind. We know MS Teams can work miracles, you can also make use of other backchannels like WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, Google hangouts or Facebook live. Managing a hotel entails having your team and hotel well organized.
Make sure to work together in a professional manner while supporting everyone in the team to perform his/her tasks well and in time. Good management is also good team-management. If things don’t work out as planned, act immediately!
For that manner, you are required to set-up a team management contract in your Team File in your earliest year 0 (the Preparation).


Step 4: Study the 'Introduction to Hotel'
Study the Introduction to Hotel: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on the hotel, the history and the situation as you will take over the management of the property.


Step 5: Study the 'Introduction Game play'
Study the Introduction Game play: here you will find the 10 pages you need to read on what you can do as the new Management Team.

More information
After this, during the game you can find much more info:

  • In the main menu you can see your Game 40NL, with its own homepage and information. Don't bother or get distracted about other Games.
  • Always in the menu you can find the Hotel Info pages. They give detailed information on the real hotel.
  • Clicking Game play info will show you information on how to handle your hotel in this simulation. This is also always available in the menu and on the Game play.
  • Clicking Help will show more information on photos and videos of the hotel and links to the social media accounts of Emerald Forest Hotel.


Step 6: Join the Facebook group
Go to 40NL Emerald Forest Hotel Facebook group and request to join the group. You can join with a FB hotel page or a personal account (one per team will do). This is a private group and will not influence your timeline.


Step 7: Check the Year 0, the Preparation section in your Team File
Use info on what to do from the page Year 0, the Preparation section and check the page Team File on this platform to see what your Team File is and does. Then have a look at your own Team File. All team members can log in using the private link as provided to you by your City Coach. Multiple users at the same time is not a problem. Your team will work in this file and also find your own results after each round (year). After reading, discuss your strategic plans regarding the hotel and come to a conclusion.

Deadline Wednesday, June 2nd at 17:00. Year 0, The Preparation
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion. Click for details:
> 40NL Business assignment year 0
> 40NL Creativity assignment year 0
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


To be done in week 22, Year 1:

Deadline Monday, June 7th at 17.00, Year 1
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion. Click for details:
> 40NL Business assignment year 1
> 40NL Creativity assignment year 1
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


To be done in week 22, Year 2:

Deadline Thursday, June 10th at 17.00, Year 2
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion. Click for details:
> 40NL Business assignment year 2
> 40NL Creativity assignment year 2
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


To be done in week 23, Year 3:

Deadline Wednesday, June 16th at 17.00, Year 3
The next two assignments are crucial and will be assessed upon timely completion. Click for details:
> 40NL Business assignment year 3
> 40NL Creativity assignment year 3
If your material will be late or incomplete, it will bring your hotel in trouble and your assignment will be graded with a low mark.


Also, to be done in week 23:

In order to participate in the Golden Bell Award ceremony, and to conclude with your assignments under the HM Capstone Project, you have one more final assignment:
> 40NL Creativity assignment year 4: the Golden Bell

  • Final Ceremony: The Golden Bell Award 2021, Friday, June 18th (see schedule)

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