One of methods of teaching business is undoubtedly the use
of strategy games and role playing.
It is of course fun and distracting and therefore makes the
material easier to learn.
It is also a practical tool for analyzing and working on
business cases.
It is also a surprising angle which helps to break the
monotony of work.
But above all, it is awfully good!
A growing number of teachers use this type of role playing
in Business Schools, tackling strategy and confronting arising issues.
One of the best ways is probably to create games tailored to
the needs of the class of business and finance and adapted to students: age,
culture, tastes, competent, and desire to learn. One of our colleagues cited a
series of games based on the traditional game called RISK, the Conquest of the
World, in which students were brought unashamedly to seek pure and simple
business and financial domination of the planet.
European Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Government Chinese,
American, European, European Commission, American Federal Treasury, and the
main investment banks, hedge funds and commercial banks around the world were
associated, made alliances, betrayed each other, did reconcile, etc. leading to
the triumph of the single one of them ...
The colleague then told me who won ... surprising...
Prof. Olivier Chazoule.
