Teaching Service Learning Using A Business
Game Role-Play Simulation
A. Andrea Licari, Division on Administration
and Economics, College of Professional Studies
Al Ovedovitz, Department of Information
Systems/Decision Sciences, The Peter J. Tobin College of
Business
Abstract
In order to give both service learning and management concepts a
foundation so that young inexperienced college students can better
understand how organizations function, we have used the teaching
method of a business game project within a service learning
setting. The role-play game provided a frame of reference with
which the student could better comprehend the abstract management
concepts needed in order to work in organizations today. The
service learning arena helps bridge the gap between theory and
application. The following study compares two educational
treatments in order to teach management concepts: one using
traditional lecture format and the other role-play simulation in a
service learning setting.