| Abstract: | A total of 1,416 managers from 12 countries completed the "Exercise Organization" simulation in 3-man teams during the course of management training workshops. After team planning on how to execute a task that simulates production and assembly, they exchanged plans with another team. Then both teams executed both plans. A counterbalanced order was used so that half of the teams executed their own plan first and half executed the other team's plan first. As expected, objective output and efficiency were significantly greater when executing own plans. Objective payoff from self-planning was greatest for North Americans and least for Germans and Danes. Significant order effects emerged. Payoff was much greater from self-planning by participants with practice than without practice. Moreover, self-planning resulted in greater felt responsibility, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with the plan. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
