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Peer reviewedKlabbers, Jan H. G. – Simulation & Gaming, 1996
Gaming is discussed against a background of rationalist and historicist traditions of reality; trivial and nontrivial machine models of problem solving; and rigid-rule and free-form games. (JKP)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Environment, Games, Heuristics
Peer reviewedBrademas, D. James – Journal of Extension, 1986
The author describes use of a personnel assessment center, a process that identifies managerial potential for purposes of selection, placement, promotion, development, or a combination of these factors. Elements of the process (determining skills to be assessed, evaluating skills, job skills exercises, interview exercises, written exercises) are…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Interviews, Job Skills
Computer Simulation and Decision-Making: The Preparation of Mid-Level Managers for Higher Education.
Poppenhagen, Brent W.; McArdle, Richard J. – 1982
Experiential learning has seen limited application in the preparation of higher education administrators. During recent years, however, simulation games which link cognitive social science knowledge with management skills have been applied to classroom training in this field. A National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Budgeting, Computer Programs
Peer reviewedKeys, Bernard – Simulation and Games, 1987
Describes, compares, and evaluates 10 computer-scored business games that include marketing, finance, and production functions. Methods for depicting the economy and industry are discussed, a learning model is used to explain teaching qualities of the games, and their value in the classroom is emphasized. (LRW)
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Economics
Peer reviewedBurgess, T. F. – Educational and Training Technology International, 1989
Illustrates some of the practical issues and problems connected with the design and use of computerized business games by describing three games which have been developed and operated by staff at Leeds Polytechnic Department of Business Management (United Kingdom). Sample input and output forms are included. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewedKenkel, Phil; And Others – Simulation & Gaming, 1996
Evaluates a simulation game that models management problems encountered in negotiating and managing international joint ventures. Designed to instruct executives of state-owned agribusinesses in Indonesia in abstract concepts such as partner rapport, transfer price conflicts, and marketing disagreements, its success suggests that simulation games…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Business Administration, Concept Teaching, Conflict Resolution
Peer reviewedPray, Thomas F.; Gold, Steven – Simulation & Gaming, 1991
Reviews 10 computerized business simulations used to teach business policy courses, discusses problems with measuring performance, and presents a statistically based approach to assessing performance that permits individual team goal setting as part of the computer model, and allows simulated firms to start with different financial and operating…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation
