GEC Qualifier - Retail

Overview

The Global Enterprise Challenge is a national challenge involving a number of Australian teams competing in Sydney over 24 hours for a chance to be chosen as the winning representative for Australia. Each team develops a solution and produces a short report including a business plan and marketing presentation. The winning Australian team then goes on to compete against other teams internationally via the web.

The GEC Qualifier program is designed specifically for schools wanting to qualify to represent Australia in the Global Enterprise Challenge. In 2009 the qualifier program will be based on the Retail Simulation. Participants are required to take over an established Consumer Electronics company and run the company for a simulated period.

This program involves each participating team to submit a team of 10 students to run a company via the online simulation for 8 quarters. The teams are also required to deliver their solution to a challenge through a business plan and video recording of a 3 minute oral presentation including a PowerPoint presentation.

The top 5 teams will be offered the opportunity to enter a team in the Global Enterprise Challenge to be held on the 22 - 23 June 2009.

GEC Qualifier Program Schedule

Decision Deadlines

• Decision 1 - Tuesday 17 February - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 2 - Tuesday 24 February - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 3 - Tuesday 3 March - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 4 - Tuesday 10 March - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 5 - Tuesday 17 March - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 6 - Tuesday 24 March - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 7 - Tuesday 31 March - Deadline 2.30pm AEST
• Decision 8 - Thursday 2 April - Deadline 2.30pm AEST

Submissions Due - Friday 1 May - Deadline 5.00pm AEST
Results Announced - Friday 8 May
Acceptance by - Friday 15 May

The assessment for this program is defined as:

Judging Criteria

Teams will be judged on the following criteria:

• Creativity & Innovation - how creative and innovative is their idea?
• Finance & Production - have costs been considered? Is production viable?
• Taking the Idea to the Market - will the target market be interested? How will it be marketed to the target audience?
• Communication - how well is the idea presented? Was the presentation delivered effectively within the 3 minute timescale?

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