Microworlds and Simuworlds: Practice Fields for the Learning Organization

Attorneys have “ moot court,” theater groups and symphony orchestras have rehearsals, and doctors have the practice cadaver. But where-or how-do managers rehearse?

Unfortunately, say Fred Kofman and Peter Senge, managers “ seldom practice; they only perform” (1994, p.20). Indeed, man­ agement may be one of the few professions in which members attempt to achieve competence without formal practice.