Playing in Operations Management

• Main Authors: Laura Guitart-Tarrés, Ana Núñez-Carballosa, Natalia Jaría Chacón, Fariza Achcaoucaou, Claudio Cruz-Cázares, Paloma Miravitlles, Ruben Huertas García
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2017-06-01
• Series: WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management
• Subjects: learning; gamification; operations management
• Online Access: https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/7171

The current model of competency-based learning requires new tools that allow students to develop these competencies and become active subjects of their learning (rather than passive receivers of a contents). Gamification or ludification is becoming an innovative trend in many areas, also in higher education. Games can provide a useful environment for students to acquire professional skills, a fact that is much more difficult to acquire through traditional learning methods. In that sense, this paper presents the experience of designing a game for Operations Management students.