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Simulation Games
Conclusion
Management, Simulation, Games
Management
•Leadership
•Team working
Advantages •Time management
•Decision making
•Learning by doing
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
75%
30% DO NOT USE Simulation games
50%
20%
USE Simulation games
27%
10% 22%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Reasons for Using Management Simulation
Games
Number of
Reasons on using simulation games %
answers
Encourage cooperation and communication during class 37 74%
They increase motivation and interest 35 70%
They make studying easier 33 66%
Gaining managerial skills 27 54%
Increase the quality of the lecture 27 54%
Innovative methods are always welcome 17 34%
They are fun 11 22%
Other (better understanding of laws and correlations within
observed areas, intensifying of the cognitive effect in teaching
methods) 3 6%
Article “A Study of Business and Management Games”, Gilgeous and D’Cruz (1996):
• to keep the interest of the participant
Article “Simulation Games: Use and Barriers in Higher Education”, Lean, Moizer, Towler and Abbey (2006):
• time needed to prepare a lecture with a simulation game
• professors are not familiar with the notion of simulation games and the option to use them in class
• financial and technical problems
Courses that Would Benefit the most from
Using Management Simulation Games
Number of
Courses %
answers
Management 23 46%
Marketing 21 42%
Finance 20 40%
Information Technology 9 18%
Other (Supply and Macroeconomics) 2 4%
I hear, I forget.
I see, I remember.
I do, I understand.
(Old Chinese Proverb)