Substance versus Experience in a Case Environment

Authors

  • R. J. Lord
  • E. F. P. Newson

Abstract

"Since 1963, educational literature has contained an ongoing debate concerning the efficacy of business games as instructional tools. For the School of Business Administration at the University of Western Ontario, this debate has serious implications because we utilize a battery of games within our first year MBA program. Because of the concern in the literature over the effectiveness of games in teaching, we have been forced to re-evaluate why and how we use games and to attempt to determine their impact upon our students. While we are not able to report conclusive evidence as to the usefulness of games, we believe our re-examination has shed important insights into the role of games within our teaching process. The purpose of this paper is to share these insights as possible contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the importance of games as teaching tools. "

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Published

1976-03-13