Development of Strategists: Simulated Cases

Abstract

The concept of strategy has achieved considerable prominence and acceptance in academe and in the world of business. It has been able to integrate several disparate disciplines. However, the continued attention given the concept has revealed several gaps, oversights and some flaws in its pedagogy. If its potential is to be realized, attention should be directed to goal-setting, uncertainty, search/scan, factor dynamics, futures and particularly, to the individual. The paper identifies the strengths and weaknesses of current pedagogy. Drawing from the many techniques, a proposal is presented for an augmented computer-based teaching system designed to remedy some of the existing discrepancies.