Knowledge:

Business Case Study

Debate

Business Case Study
 

Starting this year, as a part of Belgrade International Games, will be held a competition in area of solving real business case studies. In that mean, our pleasure is to wish you a  welcome to Belgrade from October 14^th, to October 18^th, year 2007.

General informations:

• Case study is based upon a real business situation.

• All competitors are solving and presenting case studies in English.

• Competitors are answering to jury questions in English.

• Application deadline: September 15^th, 2007.

• Teams are applying, not singles. Team counts 3-4 members.

Eight teams will compete for awards. Two days after closing applications, to all teams who applied a virtual case study will be forwarded, in order to decide which top 8 teams will compete for award in Belgrade. Teams have 5 days to complete solution, and to send Word document and PowerPoint presentation to: Big2007@fon.bg.ac.yu

Tree days after papers are received organization committee will make a decision on top 8 case studies.

Solving case study:

When solving case studies, teams are isolated. During a work time, they have no right to leave hotel room, where they are assigned.  Meals will be distributed in rooms.

For every team, one computer will be provided, with all necessary software and internet access. Teams can use their own computers.

Time proposed for solving case studies is 32 hours.

How to apply?

• If you want to take a part in this competition, you have to:

• Speak English very good.

• Be younger than 27 years in moment of application.

• Fill application form, which you can download here.

Application deadline: September 15^th, 2007.

Downloading application form:

Application form can be downloaded here. Filled application form and scanned first page of index (student’s identification card) you should send to: Big2007@fon.bg.ac.yu

Evaluation criteria:

Teams are working in conditions mentioned above. After 32 hours of work, coordinator will visit them in their work rooms, and he will capture both word document and PowerPoint presentation. Word document can not be longer than 20 pages.

Power point presentation can not have more than 20 slides.

Team has 15 minutes for presenting their case. Jury can ask questions after presentation. 10 minutes is predicted for questions and answers.

After presenting all teams solutions, jury will make a decision who is a winner. These are criteria for evaluation:

Jury:

Jury is formed of 3 members. One of them is jury president. Jury president can ask two questions for each team, and other jury members can ask one question only, for each team. One jury member will be theory-based expert, and two other, will be practice-based experts.

Schedule:

• Case study will be proposed to teams October 15th 2007 in 10 hours, AM.

• Solutions will be captured by coordinator (PowerPoint and Word document) on October 16^th, at 18h.

• For solving case study, creating PowerPoint and Word document, teams have 32h.

• All case study teams will present their solutions on October 17th, in 10AM.

Detailed schedule will be declared and downloadable at least two weeks before BIG2007 tournament opening.

Awards:

Official announcement of the winner will be held on October 17^th, at 20h, at closing ceremony in business center „Usce“.  Winners will than receive their awards.   

First place award:                     800 €

Second place award:               400 €

Third place award:                    200 €

Contact:

If you have any question about business case study competition, you may send e-mail to Business Case Coordinator Dušan Tadić via following e-mail address:  Big2007@fon.bg.ac.yu.

Debate

1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

1.1 The Format of the Debate

1.1.1 The debate will consist of four tams of two persons each (such persons will be known as 'members'), a chairperson (known as the 'speaker of the house' or 'Mister/Madam Speaker'), and an adjudicator or a panel of adjudicators.

1.1.2 Teams will consist of the following members: Opening Government: Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Opening Opposition: Leader of the Opposition and Deputy leader of the Opposition Closing Government: Member of the Government and Government Whip Closing Opposition: Member of the Opposition and Opposition Whip
 

1.1.3 Members will deliver speeches in the following order:
     1. Prime Minister

     2. Leader of the Opposition

     3. Deputy Prime Minister
     4. Deputy leader of the Opposition

     5. Member of the Government
     6. Member of the Opposition

     7. Government Whip

     8. Opposition Whip
 

1.2 The Motion

1.2.1 The motion should be unequivocally worded.

1.2.2 The motion should be debated in the spirit in which it was intended.

1.3 Preparation

1.3.1 The debate should commence fifteen minutes after the motion is announced. Members are permitted to use printed or written material during both preparation and the debate itself. The use of electronic equipment is prohibited.
 

1.4 Points of Information

1.4.1 Points of Information are questions directed to the member speaking and may only be offered between the one and six minute marks of members' speeches.

1.4.2 To ask a Point of Information, a member should stand, place one hand on his or her head, and extend the other towards the member speaking. The member may announce that they would like to ask a 'Point of Information' by the use of these words or other words to this effect.

1.4.3 The member who is speaking may accept or decline the Point of Information.

1.4.4 Points should not exceed fifteen seconds in length.

1.4.5 The speaker may ask the person offering the Point to sit down when they have had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and understood.

1.4.6 Members should attempt to answer at least two Points of Information during each speech and should also offer Points of Information during others' speeches.

1.4.7 Points of Order and Points of Personal Privilege are not permitted.
 

1.5 Timing of the Speeches

1.5.1 Speeches should be seven minutes in duration. Penalties may be introduced where speeches run more than 20 seconds over the seven-minute mark.

1.5.2 Points of Information may not be offered in protected time (the first and last minute of members' speeches.

1.5.3 The timekeeper shall indicate the one and six minute marks by a single strike of the gravel. The seven-minute limit shall be indicated by two strikes of the gravel. Further indication shall be given once the speaker passes the twenty-second grace period.

Awards:

First place award:                     800 €

Second place award:               400 €

Third place award:                    200 €

Contact:

If you have any question about debate competition, you may send e-mail to Coordinator  via following e-mail address:  Big2007@fon.bg.ac.yu.