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Teaching Causation and Effectuation in the Large Classroom: A Production–Trade Game
Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Industrial Economics and Organisation.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7869-0596
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Innovation and Product Realisation.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2514-2297
Mälardalen University, School of Business, Society and Engineering, Industrial Economics and Organisation.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7976-8204
2021 (English)In: Journal of Management Education, Vol. 45, no 3, p. 438-478Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Researchers claim that experiential learning approaches (e.g., gamification) are well-suited to management and entrepreneurship education. However, this research has been conducted mostly in small classroom settings. With the increases in the number of university business students, many business courses have also increased in size. The large classroom setting introduces new pedagogic concerns, in particular regarding the complexity of the teaching–learning environment, as a result of students having diverse educational backgrounds, skills, and learning styles. This article explores this concern in its investigation of the ways in which business higher education can prompt various business behaviors among students in large classrooms.By utilizing the gamification of concepts, we created an experiential learning exercise—the Strategic Business Game. Questionnaire surveys conducted with the 126 university students enrolled into two majors during the game reveal that this educational learning experience prompts the students’ causation and effectuation behaviors. In this educational learning experience, the complexity of the large classroom is seen as an advantage and gives the educators an opportunity to increase the quality of the student interaction. Furthermore, this study emphasizes the appropriateness of experiential learning through gamification on individuals’ business behaviors as revealed in large classes in management and entrepreneurship education.

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2021. Vol. 45, no 3, p. 438-478
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experiential learning, gamification, large classroom teaching, gamification of entrepreneurship concepts, Strategic Business Game, causation and effectuation
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-51049DOI: 10.1177/1052562920951971ISI: 000575451700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092094645OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-51049DiVA, id: diva2:1473069
Available from: 2020-10-05 Created: 2020-10-05 Last updated: 2023-09-15Bibliographically approved

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