The games that business men play

Abstract

The selection and development of promising executives for the top echelons of business has always presented a dilemma. How can such a candidate have the necessary judgement, decision‐making skills, and broad outlook if he has not previously held a top‐level job? The costs of an unsuccessful trial run could be so appallingly high as to render such a move out of the question. Business games at least offer a potential solution in that, if they could be developed to an acceptable level of relevance and accuracy, they would provide an opportunity for a would‐be business leader to gain experience in decision‐making (and prove it to his superiors) through the simulation of the operations of the business within its industry context.

Citation

Sykes, M.P.A. (1976), "The games that business men play", Education + Training, Vol. 18 No. 8, pp. 256-257. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016435