For Today’s Dynamic and Changing World, Business Simulations need to be Expanded to Encompass Much Greater Complexity: A Demonstration

Abstract

Strategic thinking is advanced as the process necessary to better cope with accelerating complexity and change. With the arrival of the Internet and a global society, it is now necessary to emphasize development of strategic thinking. The paper holds that these skills remain neglected in contemporary business school programs, but must be developed. A program model and process steps are presented for facilitating strategic thinking. To help the learner develop the skills of questioning and strategic thinking, the authors outline a unique program that makes possible holistic thinking and its practice. The computer-driven simulation portion of the program consists of a Query Engine and Situations (Cases) database for scanning, searching and probing, together with hardcopy of the responses.