FLOWERS FOR THE WORLD: DEVELOPING A BUSINESS GAME TO SUPPORT THE TEACHING OF IS CONCEPTS

摘要

One of the key problems in teaching fundamental concepts in information systems is how to ground the theoryrnin experiences that the students can relate to. To overcome this problem, a business game called Flowers ForrnThe World has been developed and used across a wide variety of IS courses. This paper will describe the gamernand the result of using it for a 300-level course in analysis and design. The possibility exists that the gamerncould be developed to provide a common business foundation across all business school curricula.