O uso do jogo empresarial Simulare no curso de engenharia de produção

Abstract

The present work aims to demonstrate the use of a business simulator used in a Production Engineering class to assist in learning the management of a company. For this, a company game, SIMULARE, was used as a support tool, which reproduces a scenario of production of materials to be made and distributed in the market, with its due criticism according to the current scenario. The qualitative research was carried out with a last year Production Engineering class from a private institution of higher education, in the Production Strategy discipline, in the classroom module. To achieve the expected result, the game's functioning was analyzed and observed as the teacher applied it in the discipline. At the end, a questionnaire was conducted with the students and the teacher to know the difficulties and the prevailing perception regarding the use of the game that simulates reality in the classroom. The research has shown that with this practice one can see the adversities of a professional in the field, allowing to review concepts and subjects worked in the course, with competitiveness and dynamism, since the way it is taught has undergone changes over the years and with the arrival of elements that help education. With digital technologies as learning aids, the need arose to reformulate the methodologies, innovating them to make the classes more productive, interesting and attractive for the student.