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An experimental business game
Author(s) -
Hoggatt Austin C.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830040303
Subject(s) - amusement , monopoly , marketing , business , economics , psychology , microeconomics , social psychology
Most of us have played Monopoly for amusement, but now industry is beginning to take similar games seriously as training situations for management personnel. Groups of executives are sent to “retreats” to play business games to learn what is involved in makiig decisions. Here is an example of a business game used as a research tool for the study of human behavior in conflict situations.