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Étude exploratoire du changeaient d'attitudes au cours d'une formation utilisant une simulation de gestion

par Dufranne, Michel ;Cleerhmans, A.
Référence Travail humain, 62, 1, page (X1-22)
Publication Publié, 1999

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The widespread use of business games in training programs is largely motivated by the assumption that they will induce changes in the attitudes of the trainees. Surprisingly, however, this assumption has seldom been tested directly. In this paper we describe research meant to assess to what extent participating in a business simulation game actually modifies the trainees' attitudes towards management. To do so, we first collected the responses of business administration students produced on two separate occasions during their training, using a questionnaire about the characteristics of good a manager. Next, we analyzed these data with different multivariate techniques (cluster analysis, classical binary analysis, and pseudotemary analysis). We further compared the distribution of these responses with those provided, by experts in answer to the same questionnaire. The factorial analysis of the first part of this questionnaire, which asked about the qualities of a good manager, defines two factors. The first opposes theoretical attitudes to practical attitudes. The second opposes planning attitudes to risk attitudes. The second time the trainees answered the questionnaire, they developed analytical attitudes at the expense of polyvalent attitudes. These results, in light of the factorial structure defined by the Experts, show an exclusive change towards information-centered attitudes. The analysis of the second part of the questionnaire, which asked about a good manager's abilities, shows a first factor which reveals the internalization and externalization of managing attitudes and a second factor which suggests integrative or clarifying attitudes. The post-test indicates the emergence of a long-term vision on the pan of the trainees. These results, in light of the factorial structure defined by the experts, indicate an exclusive change towards predictive attitudes. In a nutshell, these results suggest that trainees do indeed experience changes in their attitudes, and that these changes are oriented towards a reinforcement of informational and predictive attitudes, both of which are characteristics of experts.