Format & Course Lenses

The Green Business Lab is a sustainability simulation for business education designed to support flexible use across courses, programs, and learning lenses.

It can be used in a range of instructor-led courses and programs. Faculty select a format based on their schedule, learning objectives, and course lens, while maintaining flexibility in how the simulation is integrated into a course or program.

 

Format

The Green Business Lab supports multiple instructional formats, allowing faculty to select a duration and facilitation structure that fits their course or program.

  • Format and subject area examples
    Multi-week course integration Details: Coached Practice Cycle, Three Business Cycles plus Board Presentation and Debrief.
  • Format and subject area examples
    Short-format immersive module Details: Self-Guided Practice Cycle, Three Business Cycles and Board Presentation and Debrief.
  • Format and subject area examples
    Concentrated Event Session Details: Self-Guided Practice Cycle, Three Business Cycles, and a Facilitated Debrief Discussion.
  • Format and subject area examples
    Custom Format Do you have something else in mind? Let us know.

Course Lenses 

The Green Business Lab can be taught through multiple course lenses, allowing instructors to emphasize different decision variables, content, and learning objectives using the same underlying simulation. Here are six examples (this is not an exhaustive list):

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Use the simulation to teach business sustainability.
The simulation game teaches business acumen engineering lessons.
Use simulation to teach business strategy.
Use the simulation to teach about leadership.
Use the simulation to teach about marketing.
Use the simulation to teach about sustainable supply chains.

Lens-specific content and related debrief questions help participants connect their decisions to the strategic themes emphasized in the course.

Half-Day, Multiple-Cycle, and In-Depth Labs follow the same process.
Format and subject area for the simulation game

Use in virtual, in-person, or blended classes.

Use in virtual, in-person, or blended classes.

The Green Business Lab logo for the simulation.

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