Large-Scale Business Games for Assurance of Learning Purposes

Authors

  • Joseph Wolfe

Abstract

It has been implied and asserted that business games can play a major role in meeting the AACSB’s Assurance of Learning directives. This study analyzed the online playing behaviors of 836 undergraduate students on 182 teams in twenty six industries playing a very complex game. The top-tier firms exhibited higher degrees of problem-solving Variety, Depth and Endurance, higher levels of within-group business function information gathering than each industry’s bottom-tier companies. The top-performing companies were also more externally-related based on the proportions of information sought. It was concluded a large-scale game requires of its successful players, group problem-solving and decision-making skills the AACSB believes are needed for today’s well-educated business student.

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