Learning laboratory

Under a learning laboratory (ger .: learning laboratory ) refers to both the process and the setting in which a group - for example, a management team - can learn together. The purpose of the learning laboratory is to give managers or other people the opportunity to experiment and follow the consequences of their actions and strategies. The result is often the finding of inconsistencies in human thinking and the discovery of unexpected consequences of decisions and actions before they are implemented in reality.

The technical implementation of such teaching laboratories usually based on so-called. Microworlds (ger .: Micro Worlds ).

literature

• Maani, KE and Cavana, RY, Systems Thinking and Modeling: Understanding Change and Complexity , Auckland 2001, ISBN 1877258008