An Educational Game with Dragons’ Den Experiences for Supply Chain Management Training

Yan Feng (), Jean-François Audy (), Mikael Rönnqvist () and Sophie D’Amours ()
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Yan Feng: Département de Management, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec G8Z 4M3, Canada
Jean-François Audy: Département de Management, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec G8Z 4M3, Canada
Mikael Rönnqvist: Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
Sophie D’Amours: Rector’s Office, Pavillon des Sciences de l’Éducation, Université Laval, Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada

INFORMS Transactions on Education, 2020, vol. 21, issue 1, 13-29

Abstract: This article presents an educational game to engage university and industrial stakeholders in collaborative training for supply chain management courses. The game will help students learn complex supply chain management issues. There are two integrated parts: a case ethod through an industrial case and an activity-based game featuring role plays based on international television shows such as Dragons’ Den in Canada or Shark Tank in the United States. We developed a game framework to illustrate how the game can be prepared and played in classrooms. Although the game is primarily developed for classroom teaching, it may be adapted to other training environments. We have provided two examples to demonstrate how the game can be played as a short game in conference environments. Game experiences and feedback are presented with comments from various game participants. By interacting with stakeholders and tackling a real-world business case, students can better understand stakeholders’ business goals, the importance of supply chain collaboration, and the impacts on supply chain decisions.

Keywords: supply chain management teaching; educational game; integrated game and case method; activity-based learning; university-industry collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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