The increasingly interconnected and complex business environment demands business executives to be equipped with highly developed cross-functional skills and the capacity to integrate responsible decision making in business. To develop students with these attributes, the business higher education sector is expected to employ teaching and learning techniques that produce graduates with the ability and capacity for managing businesses responsibly. However the traditional, linear thinking embedded in current business higher education material and delivery methods hinders such an approach. This article presents an innovative approach to teach responsible decision making through the design, development, and implementation of an online simulation. This teaching approach uses a total enterprise computer simulation which exposes students to interactive, multidisciplinary decision making across functional, societal, environmental, and economic issues. The article also discusses the implications of the findings for theory and practice of designing and using computer simulations for teaching and learning in business higher education.

日益相互联系和复杂的业务环境要求业务主管具备高度发展的跨职能技能以及将负责任的决策整合到业务中的能力。为了培养具有这些特征的学生，商业高等教育部门应采用教学技术，使毕业生具备负责任地管理企业的能力和能力。但是，当前商务高等教育教材和授课方式中嵌入的传统线性思维阻碍了这种方法的发展。本文提出了一种创新的方法，可以通过在线仿真的设计，开发和实施来教授负责任的决策。这种教学方法使用了全面的企业计算机模拟，可以让学生接触到互动，跨职能，社会，环境和经济问题的多学科决策。本文还讨论了研究结果对于商业高等教育中设计和使用计算机模拟进行教学的理论和实践的意义。