| The Leadership
Game
All 1Y MBA
students, as part of their self-development project, are invited
to participate in the Leadership Game.
The Leadership
Game is a simulated game that will enable the participants
to discover their abilities to manage, to trade, and to compete
in the marketplace while having fun and making money. After
completing the game participants will receive confidential
personalized feedback that highlights their individual attitudes
in the market place. These attitudes have been linked to success
in several studies. We will also provide an overview of the
research in this area.
The short
term goals for the participants are: (1) to teach them how
to assess their personal characteristics, (2) how personal
characteristics affect the participant’s interaction
in economic situations. Each participant will receive an individualized
confidential report about her or his strength and weaknesses
vis-à-vis the market place.
The long
term goals of the project are to improve the understanding
of how some individual characteristics are correlated with
each other, and what skills and characteristics predict success.
In this research the information collected will be used in
such a manner that information about individual participants
will not be identifiable.
Only 1Y
MBA students are allowed to participate. The Northwestern
University Institutional Review Board requires that each student
participating sign a consent form. This consent form is meant
to inform the participants about the procedure to protect
the confidentiality of the data and the right of the participants
to withdraw from the project. For more information about the
consent form click here.
The
study has been sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and the Zell
Center for Risk Research. These foundations are interested
in financing groundbreaking research on business education.
Timeline
Before August 13th,
2007: The Leadership Game Survey
Each student
will receive an individualized email with a link to an electronic
survey. The survey contains several questions aimed at eliciting
preferences and attitudes. The survey contains standard questions
in psychology and economics and also some demographic characteristics
that measure the educational and family background. You have
up to August 13th to complete
the survey. Please do not discuss the questions with anyone
until August 13th. You will be receiving an email with more
instructions later on in the quarter. The following link will
also be updated to contain more information about the survey.
Link
to Leadership Game Survey
August 13th,
2007, at 1:30pm: Leadership Game
On August
13th, the students participate in the LEADERSHIP
GAME where students will be asked to play several standard
games aimed at identifying their characteristics. The
Leadership Game will take place at 1:30pm in Classroom 1246.
The students who want to participate should bring
their own laptop. During this session the students play anonymously
with other students. Students who participate may earn a substantial
amount of money during the game that depends on the strategy
they use, the strategy of their opponents, and luck.
August 20th,
2007, at 1:30pm: Leadership Game Feedback Lunch
On
August 20th, we invite all the students who participated in
the LEADERSHIP GAME to a Feedback Lunch. Each student will
receive, in a sealed envelope, their personalized feedback
from the Survey and the Game. The Leadership Game Feedback
Lunch will take place at 12:00pm in Classroom G40.
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