WHAT IS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE (GMC)?
The Global Management Challenge (GMC) is the world’s largest strategy and management simulation competition, founded in 1980 in Portugal by SDG - Simuladores e Modelos de Gestao. GMC holds CEL certification in Technology Programs for Advanced Education issued by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).
GMC is designed to develop practical strategy and management competencies by engaging participants to operate virtual companies, where they make real-time strategic decisions in a simulated competitive market environment. The competition is organized across more than 30 countries and is used as an experiential learning platform for university students and corporate professionals.
In Ghana, GMC is organized by Trimonde. Through this partnership, Trimonde serves as the national implementing body responsible for organizing the Ghana editions of the competition, mobilizing universities, and coordinating participation in alignment with the global GMC framework.
The competition is a strategy and management simulation in which each team operates a virtual company with the objective of achieving the highest investment performance. By managing a company without real-world financial risks and making executive-level strategic decisions, participants gain the opportunity to:
👉🏿 Develop strategic and analytical thinking skills.
👉🏿 Strengthen leadership and teamwork abilities.
👉🏿 Enhance decision-making and problem-solving competencies.
👉🏿 Experience real-world business and management scenarios.
👉🏿 Improve competitiveness and innovation capacity.
👉🏿 Bridge the gap between academic learning and practical business management.
HOW DOES THE COMPETITION WORK?
👉🏿 The Simulation is Online
👉🏿 Form a team, comprising of 3 to 5 people.
👉🏿 Register your team (members) by clicking on the Registration Link.
👉🏿 The teams are first organised into groups.
👉🏿 Each group with a maximum of 8 teams.
👉🏿 Each group creates a competitive market
👉🏿 The Teams compete with one another
👉🏿 Compete in the two decision cycles: Rounds 1 and Rounds 2
👉🏿 Advance your team to the national finals (eight finalist)
👉🏿 Win the national championship to represent Ghana.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR (4) STAGES OF THE COMPETITION?
Using the team’s username and password, within the restricted area of the organiser’s website, the teams submit their management decisions and consult/download their Management Report.
All the teams can, at any time, consult its Company History, the Manual, the Competition’s Calendar and its Team’s classification/ranking for each Decision Period, on the organiser’s website.
