The MARCO POLIS management game was developed to introduce employees of housing associations to new market conditions. After the game was developed in 1991, it has been used more than 15 times. On most occasions, the game was judged to be highly successful in making the demands of the new situations clear This article examines in depth the results of a game run with 49 participants.
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