The Hitchhikers Guide to Simulation Games and the Sustainable Organization : Indications for the usability of simulation games for the change process towards a sustainable organization

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2012-11

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The sustainable organization is an organization that wants to be sustainable. The organization has a driving force to become sustainable and the organization goes beyond legal requirements to achieve this aspect. The sustainable organization consists of seven aspects: the sustainability manager, setting goals, top manager, the individual employee, changing the driving force of the organization, cooperation with external stakeholders, and knowledge and expertise. To become a sustainable organization, a change process could be used. There are six aspects that make the change process towards a sustainable organization different from other change processes. These aspects are: appropriate assimilation with the organization, maintaining the driving force, maintaining motivation, learning, problem solving, and creating a realization of lack of knowledge. In this research we look at simulation games as an intervention tool, and how they could contribute to the change process towards a sustainable organization. A simulation game is an intervention tool that is a game with an explicit and well-thought meaning. Simulation games are a learning method in which people participate in a structured activity or simulation. A simulation game can be created to achieve 6 goals: learning, creating knowledge, enhancing communication, developing skills, motivation, and solving problems.

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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen