A study of an organizational simulation is reported. Emergent behavior occurring in classes of undergraduate students is discussed and documented with intra-organization memoranda and entries in student journals. Implications for using classrooms as learning laboratories and ethnographic research are considered in the context of bridging the gap between managerial theory and practice.
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