Business game
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Business game refers to simulation games that are used at an educational tool for teaching business. Business games may be carried out for various business training such as: general management, finance, organizational behaviour, human resources, etc. Often the term Business simulation is used with the same meaning.
Business games are used as a teaching method in Universities, and more particularly in business schools, but also for executive education
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Simulation are considered to be an innovative learning method , and are often computer-based.
has been using business simulation game in classes since 1957 .
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Business games are used as a teaching method in Universities, and more particularly in business schools, but also for executive education
Executive Education
Executive Education refers to academic programs at leading graduate-level business schools worldwide for executives, business leaders and functional managers. These programs are non-credit and non-degree granting...
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Simulation are considered to be an innovative learning method , and are often computer-based.
History
Computer Supported Business Simulation originated from military war games and came into existence during the late 1950s . Business simulation games have since been used as a learning tool for teaching management . It is regularly in use at Universities, and in particularly by major business schools. As an example, the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
has been using business simulation game in classes since 1957 .
Research
A certain number of academic researches are done around business games, in term of learning method, or how to design them.Journals:
See also
- Simulations and games in economics educationSimulations and games in economics educationA simulation game is "a game that contains a mixture of skill, chance, and strategy to simulate an aspect of reality, such as a stock exchange". Similarly, Ruohomaki states that "a simulation game combines the features of a game with those of a simulation...
- Business simulation game
- Beer distribution gameBeer Distribution GameThe Beer Distribution Game is a simulation game created by a group of professors at MIT Sloan School of Management in early 1960s to demonstrate a number of key principles of supply chain management. The game is played by teams of at least four players, often in heated competition, and takes from...
- Serious gameSerious gameA serious game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. The "serious" adjective is generally prepended to refer to products used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion,...
- Military simulationMilitary simulationMilitary simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Many professional contemporary analysts object to the term wargames as this is generally taken to be referring to the civilian...
- Roleplay simulation
- Business simulation
- Training simulationTraining simulationA training simulation is a virtual medium through which various types of skills can be acquired. Training simulations can be used in a wide variety of genres; however they are most commonly used in corporate situations to improve business awareness and management skills...
- EducationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
External links
- Association of Business Simulations and Experiential Learning (ABSEL) list of games
- American Economic Association (AEA) list of Tutorials, Exercises and Games
- Business simulation & gaming an academic journalAcademic journalAn academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
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