A Role for Management Games in Internationalizing the Business School Curriculum

Abstract

A business school's strategic management and business policy course can serve as a vehicle for internationalizing its curriculum. Six commonly available computerized international management games are evaluated regarding their ability to deal with a large set of critical international business issues. All simulations dealt with most issues needing treatment, although they differed in range and depth of coverage. If international simulations are to serve as a medium for helping to globalize a business school's curriculum, a game must be augmented with international case studies, lectures, or readings.