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Vital Roux, Forgotten Forerunner of Modern Business Games

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  • Léo Touzet
  • Pierre Corbeil

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Aim. This article presents the pioneering work of Vital Roux , a French businessman and author who proposed, in the 1800s , a teaching method to train business people which closely resembles the experiential method central to today’s business games . Background. This presentation indirectly discusses the fundamental issue of business games’ success as an educational innovation. We recall briefly that the roots of business games are distant , multiple , and far-ranging. Method. The pedagogy advocated by Vital Roux is revealed and innovative aspects of his educational system are noted and discussed. Roux’s obscurity is underlined , and a plausible explanation for the relative failure of his project is proposed. A social and historical hypothesis is then suggested to explain the success which business games have won in the United States a century and a half later. Conclusion. Roux’s key thoughts are summarized, suggesting he can appear as a forgotten forerunner of modern business games .

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  • Léo Touzet & Pierre Corbeil, 2015. "Vital Roux, Forgotten Forerunner of Modern Business Games," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 46(1), pages 19-39, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:46:y:2015:i:1:p:19-39
    DOI: 10.1177/1046878115594321
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