The Junior Achievement Applied Management Program as a Compromise Situation between the Simulation and the Internship

Abstract

Junior Achievement, the national organization which educates high school students in the practice and values of a free enterprise system, has created a unique opportunity for college students through its Applied Management Program. This program offers some elements of the simulation and some elements of the internship, as the students perform within the JA mini-companies, which emulate real operations in large scale organizations. This paper describes an Applied Management Program conducted at the College of Business Administration at UPR, Mayaguez and compares its pedagogical elements with those provided by simulations and internships.