Evaluation of students´ experiences of developing transferable skills and business skills using a business simulation game

Developing the business and transferable skills of students is a challenge in the higher education environment. The issue is how to simulate a business environment to give students a realistic experience. If it is possible to give a realistic experience, the next challenge is what are the best ways to measure if the students have actually developed their skills? This paper is about introducing a practice by creating an environment for students to develop their transferable and business skills using a computer simulated environment. The research aspect of this paper is about finding or not finding empirical evidence of students´ development of these skills. Finally this research also evaluates the course from students´ point of views based on their experience. The research uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate students´ development of these skills and their experience of the module.