William D. Biggs

Reflections on my involvement with computerized business simulations

This article describes four major events that influenced the authors involvement with simulations. The events involve playing a game, working with a simulation pioneer; observing students playing games, and discovering other simulation users and researchers. The article describes these events and how they influenced the authors involvement with simulations.

A Winner's Perspective

This article reports on the authors experience as they participated in a business competition involving a computerized business game. The article first describes the simulation used in the competition. Second, the members of the team and their varying levels of participation are described along with the nature of the decision process. Third, the strategy adopted and some of the specific decisions made are described. The article concludes with some observations concerning why the approaches that were adopted worked.