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What is Simulation Learning?
The greatest constraint for many organizations is the ability to attract, retain, engage and develop talent. At the same time, the practical impact of near continuous change and complexity in business environments has meant that people in organizations must constantly adapt.
On order to adapt quickly, organisations their workforces and leaders must develop the capacity to learn continuously. Many organizations are finding it increasingly difficult to produce the necessary meaningful learning using traditional training methods.
Simulation learning offers huge advantages over traditional training methods such as lectures, handbooks and assessments. It engages participants interactively helping them to practice, retain and apply what they have learned.
Why Simulation Learning?
Simulation learning challenges conventional wisdom, motivating participants to break with “known truths”, personal assumptions and their own strengths and weaknesses. It sheds light on explicit and implicit assumptions, forcing individuals to think about the unthinkable and to answer the “what ifs”.
Simulations are simplified versions of reality; they place participants in realistic business environments where they are asked to complete tasks with legitimate business goals. They capture the essentials of a workplace environment in a way that allows participants to apply new skills, try different approaches and explore the implications of decisions and actions risk free.
Benefits of Simulation Learning
- Accelerates knowledge transfer through learning by doing in a risk-free environment
- Provides participants with realistic and relevant contexts in which to test and develop their understanding, knowledge and competence
- Practice inherent in simulations, enhances transfer of knowledge to on-the-job performance
- Enables participants to develop and internalize knowledge by applying new skills in a risk-free environment
- Provides real time feedback allowing participants to assess their current situation, analyse options for moving forward and measure results of past decisions and actions
- Interactive, dynamic, engaging and fun through design elements such as graphics, video, audio, storytelling, grounded learning and recognizable environments
- Provides a flexible user driven experience that lifts motivation
CEG and SMG Australasia Alliance
CEG in association with BTS is a licensed provider of Strategic Management Group, Inc® (SMG) simulation products..
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