Paper Details

Purpose – The paper aims to study 1.The different types of Management Development Programs(MDPs) 2.Their purpose and their similarity and differences in contributing towards development of different skills 3.A case study of a Management Development Game is also studied where the paper aims to analyze & understand the probable results and understandings developed through the game during the MDP ”Communication for Managerial Success” at IIM Indore which aimed at establishing consensus . Design/Methodology/Approach – The research design is exploratory in nature as it is done to find out the different types of MDPs. It also explores all the possible outcomes of the Management Development game taken as a case study. Findings – Different types of MDPs focus on development of different types of skills .Also, the development is of different level of people through different programs. The consensus building game highlights that the most profitable decisions in an organization are not always based on probability but based on finding the solution which is “win-win “for all. Originality – The paper highlights which MDP is important for which skill and hence in future software can be developed for selection of MDP for the development of a specific skill in a given level (lower, middle, upper Management) of employee and then the skill level attained can be tested using an appropriate selection test. The paper highlights the interesting learning opportunities game based learning provides by investigating a live example.

Game based learning, Management Development Program (MDP), Win-Win, Consensus Building, Communication