Learning leadership skills in a simulated business environment

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-135

  Siewiorek, Anna ^a   Saarinen, Eeli ^b   Lainema, Timo ^b   Lehtinen, Erno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Cooperative collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; ADULT LEARNING; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; GRADUATE STUDENTS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEADERSHIP SKILLS; MULTI-CULTURAL GRADUATES; SIMULATION GAMES; SIMULATIONS; TEAM MEMBERS; UNSTABLE MARKET; VIRTUAL TEAM; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ECONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80052529849     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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