Simulation & Gaming articles from December 1997

Simulation & Gaming archives from December 1997

The effectiveness of business games in strategic management course work.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: business games; effectiveness; simulations; strategic management. A number of summary reviews on the teaching effectiveness of business games have appeared (Greenlaw & Wyman, 1973; Hsu, 1989; Keys & Wolfe, 1990; Wolfe, 1985),...

Teaching strategic management with a business game.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: business games; business teaching; management games; strategic management. The practice of teaching strategic management using management games is growing throughout the world. The course is constantly being modified to improve...

Strategic management games: a review.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: business games; general management games; management games; strategic management games; total enterprise games. This article will describe a number of currently available computerized management games commonly used in the...

Computerized general management games as strategic management learning environments.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: business games; learning outcomes; simulations; strategic management. The growing use of simulation games in business higher education programs has been documented through a series of periodic surveys conducted since 1962 (Dale...

Cooperation in an infinite-choice continuous-time prisoner's dilemma.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: computer simulation; cooperation; experimental gaming; joint decision making; Prisoner's Dilemma. The Prisoner's Dilemma (PD) has enjoyed widespread popularity in the social sciences over the last 35 years. As evidence, research...

Group competitiveness and cohesion in a business simulation.(Special Issue: Teaching Strategic Management)
December 1, 1997... KEYWORDS: competitive disposition; cohesion; learning; economic performance. It is important for teachers to have an understanding of the factors that have a bearing, both positive or negative, on the pedagogical process in a simulated...

The Business Policy Game: An International Simulation.
December 1, 1997... Cotter, R. V., & Fritzsche, D. J. (1995). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Reviewed by Joseph Wolfe University of Tulsa Basic Data: Objectives: Experience in guiding a large multinational corporation, requiring the integration of...

GEO: An International Business Gaming Simulation.
December 1, 1997... Thavikulwat, P. (1995). Towson, MD: Towson State University (Department of Management Towson, Towson, MD 21204-7097 USA). Reviewed by Jimmy Chang The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Basic Data: Objectives: To involve participants in an...

PCFINGAME.
December 1, 1997... Brooks, L. D. (1996). Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin (c/o The McGraw Co., College Division, 148 Princeton Heights Townroad, Heights Town, NJ 08520-1450 USA). Reviewed by Peter Gomori St. Francis College Basic Data: Objectives: To provide a...