Business Simulations: Competition or Learning

Abstract

This paper discusses the desirability of emphasizing winning as opposed to experimentation and learning in intercollegiate business games, of the type sponsored by Emory University, the University of Nevada at Reno, and Michigan State University, and classroom use of business simulations. Discussion is based on two years of experience as faculty advisor to the Georgia Southern College teams in the Emory Intercollegiate Business Games [1, p.263] and use of the same simulation [2] (The Business Management Laboratory), in an MBA course in business policy.