Career Concepts and Total Enterprise Simulation Performance

Abstract

Personal needs, reflected in career concepts, are added to information processing and decision making preferences in order to enhance the explanation of total enterprise (TE) simulation performance. All career, preference, and performance measures are from a sample of predominantly full-time employed MBA students in a capstone business policy course. Their individual career concepts combined into group averages significantly enhance the explanation of group TE performance results (B - .871) beyond that provided by preference data alone (r - .707). Moreover, they lend support for a model of TE simulation performance that combines preferences with decision styles as well as interpersonal and personal needs. Future research will focus on the inclusion of style and interpersonal needs with preferences and personal needs.