Designing capstone courses in management education: Knowledge activation and integration using an erp-based simulation game

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 1044-1062

  Legner, Christine ^a   Estier, Thibault ^a   Avdiji, Hazbi ^a   Boillat, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business simulation; Capstone course; Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP); Problem based learning; Serious games

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SIMULATION; CAPSTONE COURSE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SERIOUS GAMES;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84897707255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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