Computerized General Management Games as Strategic Management Learning Environments

Abstract

The strategic management course continues to experience the greatest use of general, top management business games, and a number of games are available to the strategic management instructor Many are classical in their design, whereas others are of more recent vintage. Because the field of strategic management has changed dramatically from its beginnings in the late 1950s, a representative sample of games was examined based on their ability to service both the field's current knowledge domain and its unique analytical tools and devices. Depending on the instructor's desired learning outcomes, some games are more capable than others in accomplishing those results. No game provided perfect coverage of the strategic management field, thereby requiring the use of compensatory activities on the instructor's part.