The background and method of play of a game designed to study communication behavior in the organizational setting of a factory. (DAG)

The incorporation of qualitative judgments into a complex management game. (MM)

Provides a fast motivating method for providing people with practice in making discriminations among simulation games, nonsimulation games, nongame simulations, instructional games, noninstructional games, instructional simulation games, etc. (Author)

One of the major problems in simulation is knowing how accurately the simulation corresponds to the actual. This paper discusses the problems of validation -- the process of measuring the accuracy of simulation. (RA)

This article describes a structured game which: (1) created four competitive teams; (2) provided prompt feedback to teams; (3) set up simulated organizational groups within game structure (college placement offices and federal personnel departments); (4) role played campus interviews; (5) introduced realistic crisis situations; and (6) projected…

This simulation game begins with an introduction which lists the areas of study involved and presents some basic instructions. Rules and criteria for the simulation game are then presented, which state that each participant in the game is assigned a personality role, a position role, and a situation to which he will react. Descriptions of the…

The benefits of business gaming seem to have become accepted without sufficient scientific support. While support for some claims based upon expert opinion is probably sufficient encouragement for continuing the use of business games, empirical validation is still a necessity. (Author)

The general management simulation game, Tempomatic IV is used in a comparison of ranking and relational performance evaluation procedures. Results indicate that the relational approach has clear advantages over ranking approaches, especially in generating more useful information. Also, reliance on mechanically generated scores can lead to…

An accessory to a principal's repertoire of techniques used in managing administrative task areas is the role of the principal as an administrative gamesman. (Author/MLF)

Management Myth-Information Systems (MMIS) are information systems which present information to a decision maker by means of stories. In MMIS a scientific datum by itself is not information, but is information if and only if it is tied to an appropriate story or myth that has meaning to the individual who needs the information, the organization in…