From Rhetoric to Reality: Business Games as Educational Tools

Ben-Zvi, Tal; Carton, Thomas C.

doi:10.1287/ited.8.1.10

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“…Simulation of great importance in helping our students to gain a real 'feel' for managerial decision-making and teamwork". An example of the use of a business simulation in the USA was reported by Ben-Zvi and Carton (2007). They discussed their experiences of using 'Intopia' within the MBA at the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management, Hoboken, N.J. USA.…”

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Evaluating business simulation software: approach, tools and pedagogy

King

Newman²

2009

On the Horizon

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Purpose -To identify a business simulation appropriate for MEng Engineering students. The selection was based on the following factors; exploring methods for evaluating potential software and enhancing the learner experience. Design/methodology/approach -An interdisciplinary project team was formed to try and resolve the pedagogic, technical and business aspects that would need to be addressed in order to implement such software within the programme. Tools included a questionnaire to assess the potential enhancement of employability skills and a usability questionnaire on ease of use. These were supplemented with discourse on technical and pedagogic issues. Findings -After the initial scoping study, our findings indicated that two business simulation software packages had potential. These were 'MarketplaceVenture Strategy' and 'SimVenture'. Marketplace proved to be the most suitable in terms of the pedagogic and technical requirements. Research limitations / implications -We were not able to fully trial each simulation over the recommended duration of play because of practical time constraints and we did not have any student contribution to the process. Findings will need to be verified with the piloting cohort of students. Further pedagogic research could be carried out to evidence the enhancement to the student learning experience. Originality/value -This study is valuable because it purposefully uses an interdisciplinary team comprising expertise in; teaching and learning, technology, business and sector knowledge. This was vital in the decision making process. Development of generic methods and tools to measure and evaluate software suitability in relation to usability and employability skills.

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Evaluating business simulation software: approach, tools and pedagogy

King

Newman²

2009

On the Horizon

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“…Educational games, in a broad sense, can be defined as activities designed to mimic the external world realities within a classroom setting using board games, computer-based games, role plays, and exercises that allow students to learn by experimenting alternative ideas in a risk-free environment (Tan 2007). The effectiveness and importance of using educational games in teaching management science (MS) and operations research (OR) courses were discussed by Griffin (2007) and Ben-Zvi and Carton (2007). The dynamic and interactive nature have made educational games ideal tools for teaching complex business knowledge in a stimulant classroom environment.…”

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An Educational Game with Dragons’ Den Experiences for Supply Chain Management Training

Feng

Audy

Rönnqvist

et al. 2020

INFORMS Transactions on Education

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This article presents an educational game to engage university and industrial stakeholders in collaborative training for supply chain management courses. The game will help students learn complex supply chain management issues. There are two integrated parts: a case ethod through an industrial case and an activity-based game featuring role plays based on international television shows such as Dragons' Den in Canada or Shark Tank in the United States. We developed a game framework to illustrate how the game can be prepared and played in classrooms. Although the game is primarily developed for classroom teaching, it may be adapted to other training environments. We have provided two examples to demonstrate how the game can be played as a short game in conference environments. Game experiences and feedback are presented with comments from various game participants. By interacting with stakeholders and tackling a real-world business case, students can better understand stakeholders' business goals, the importance of supply chain collaboration, and the impacts on supply chain decisions.

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“…Over the last decades, games of different types have been successfully used for teaching courses like production and operations management (Morecroft and Sterman, 2000;Riis, 1995), business administration (Hoogeweegen et al, 2006), management science (Ben-Zvi and Carton, 2007) and Information Systems (Ben-Zvi, 2010).…”

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A game-based approach towards facilitating decision making for perishable products: An example of blood supply chain

Katsaliaki

Mustafee

Kumar

2014

Expert Systems with Applications

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Supply chains for perishable items consist of products with a fixed shelf life and limited production/collection; managing them requires competent decision-making. With the objective of placing the learners in the position of decision-makers, we propose the Blood Supply Chain Game which simulates the supply chain of blood units from donors to patients based on a real case study modelling the UK blood supply chain. The Excel-based game is an abstraction of the technical complex simulation model providing a more appropriate learning environment. This paper presents the game's background, its mathematical formulations, example teaching scenarios and the learners' evaluation. The game aims to translate qualitative aspects of a sensitive supply chain into quantitative economic consequences by presenting a process analysis and suggesting solutions for the patient's benefit in a cost effective manner, trying to synchronise blood demand and supply and maximise the value of the whole supply chain. This innovative approach will be instructive for students and healthcare service professionals.

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From Rhetoric to Reality: Business Games as Educational Tools

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Evaluating business simulation software: approach, tools and pedagogy

Evaluating business simulation software: approach, tools and pedagogy

An Educational Game with Dragons’ Den Experiences for Supply Chain Management Training

A game-based approach towards facilitating decision making for perishable products: An example of blood supply chain

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