How are competitive skills of young managers developed using business games?
A. AIMA’s Chanakya is specifically designed to develop the business decision-making skills of managers. Conflicting situations induce the students / managers (participants) to take decisions under predetermined criteria. These situations closely resemble business events and are indistinguishable from real life events. For the participants, the objective of playing the game is to understand complex business situations and solve problems. They learn to take operative and strategic decisions. Competition enhances their abilities not merely to survive, but also to emerge on top, for their organisations. A major learning gain is that they learn to co-operate with each other and work in teams. Besides integrating subjects the use of the simulation demonstrates the complexity of business in terms of the dynamic interactions between functions, products and markets. Participants may view the simulation as a “game” rather than a learning experience. It should be emphasized that it will not be po
