Accession Number:

ADA063056

Title:

Looking Glass, Inc. Volume I. An Organizational Simulation. Operational Manual.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. no. 3, 1 Sep 76-1 Sep 78,

Corporate Author:

CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP GREENSBORO NC

Personal Author(s):

• McCall,Morgan W. , Jr.
• Lombardo,Michael M.

Report Date:

1978-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

232.0

Abstract:

Looking Glass, Inc., is a simulation of a glass manufacturing corporation. It was designed as a research vehicle for studying leadership processes as they play out in an organizational context. There are twenty positions, ranging across three divisions and four levels plant manager, director, vice-president, and president. The divisions face different environments, varying from volatile to stable. Looking Glass is typical--the organizational type, structure, and environments are common. All problems contained in the simulation are based on actual events. This report is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes the development of Looking Glass. Included are the chronology of what occurred from original idea to final pretest runs and a summary of assumptions and biases related to constructing a realistic management simulation. The next section discusses research issues, such as the experimental modes built into the design, possible manipulations, measurement strategies, and preliminary hypotheses. The third section outlines training uses of Looking Glass. The final section explains the nuts and bolts of running the simulation. Author

Descriptors:

• *SIMULATION
• *ORGANIZATIONS
• *LEADERSHIP
• STRATEGY
• VARIABLES
• MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE