Comparative analysis of collaborative and simulation based learning in the management environment

• Authors: Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Purpose of the study is to compare two different approaches to the collaborative problem solving one in a highly controlled laboratory experiment: Optimisation of business politics using business simulator at different experimental condition which reflect different feedback information structure and one in a collaborative environment of the social media, characterised by non-structured, rule-free and even chaotic feedback information. Comparative analyses of participant’s opinion who participate in experiments have been considered in order to find common characteristics relevant for group/collaborative problem solving. Based on these findings a general explanatory causal loop model of collaborative learning during problem solving was built.

Keywords

EN

Group decision support; Information structure; collaborative learning; simulation model; social net

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 236-245

Dates

published

2012-10-01

received

accepted

online

2012-10-31

Contributors

author

Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar

• University of Maribor, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Kidričeva 55a, 4000 Kranj, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-012-0024-2