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Developing Decision-Making Skill: Experiential Learning in Computer Games

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  • Kurt A. April

    (Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Breakwater Campus: Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Katja M. J. Goebel

    (Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Breakwater Campus: Greenpoint, Cape Town, South Africa)

  • Eddie Blass

    (Business School, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, VIC, Australia)

  • Jonathan Foster-Pedley

    (Henley Business School, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Abstract

This paper explores the value that computer and video games bring to learning and leadership and explores how games work as learning environments and the impact they have on personal development. The study looks at decisiveness, decision-making ability and styles, and on how this leadership-related skill is learnt through different paradigms. The paper compares the learning from a lecture to the learning from a designed computer game, both of which have the same content through the use of a spot test, taken immediately after the lecture and the game, and seven day retest scores. It also presents data collected and evaluated on decision-making from three distinct groups: executives (including entrepreneurs), gamers and non-gamers.

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  • Kurt A. April & Katja M. J. Goebel & Eddie Blass & Jonathan Foster-Pedley, 2012. "Developing Decision-Making Skill: Experiential Learning in Computer Games," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global, vol. 3(4), pages 1-17, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:3:y:2012:i:4:p:1-17
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