TITLE:
Methodology to Select the Best Business Game in Higher Education
AUTHORS:
María Romero Cuadrado, Milagros Gutiérrez Fernández
KEYWORDS:
Higher Education; Business Games; Decision Making; Pedagogical Features; MACBETH
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.3 No.7,
November
22,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Business
simulators are frequently used in higher education for its pedagogical
importance. The purpose of this survey is to know the opinion of the faculty
staff regarding certain aspects of the game they use in their teaching, using
the Macbeth (Measuring Attractiveness by a Category Based Evaluation Technique)
approach. This research
is supported in the multi-criteria analysis to obtain a classification of
several simulation games in the role of its educational features. The
methodology establishes a
hierarchical order that will allow determining the
optimum simulator valuing its pedagogical efficiency.