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Title:
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THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ONLINE SIMULATION GAME TO FOSTER COLLABORATION AND TEAMWORK |
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Author(s):
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Hélder Fanha Martins |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-42-3 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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V II, 2 |
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Keywords:
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Online simulation, Online learning, Management Education. |
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Type:
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Reflection Paper |
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First Page:
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297 |
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Last Page:
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300 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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With a new degree on Management, a new subject called Management Simulation Project was created and started in the
summer semester of 2006-2007 at the Lisbon School of Accountancy and Administration (ISCAL). The teaching team
wanted to explore ways to bring the realities of business decision-making and action into the curriculum. This article
aims at describing how a web-based competitive business game called Marketplace helped us to achieve that. We discuss
our objectives and those of the game and outline our reasons for choosing it. We describe the context at ISCAL and the
games main features, showing how it is played over a semester. We think, as online simulation facilitators of what is
predominantly a student-led learning process, that the game helps students to gain a real feel for collaboration,
managerial decision-making and teamwork. |
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