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DePaul University MBA Students Test Their Management, People Skills Through Simulated Day at the Office; Depaul Is in Forefront of Business Schools Offering Assessment Center Exercises.
AScribe Business & Economics News Service, May, 2006
Byline: DePaul University
CHICAGO, May 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Melissa Laughlin, a manager at Iliad Corp., faced a busy Monday morning after returning from an extended vacation abroad. Memos requiring action fill her in-box, she had been chosen to deliver a presentation on a vital company initiative, and several team meetings were scheduled to make decisions affecting the direction of the corporation.
This may sound like a typical hectic work day for any middle manager in America. But in reality Laughlin was a DePaul MBA student participating in an assessment center, a role-playing management exercise that tested her mastery of people skills during a 2 1/2-hour compressed "workday" at Iliad, a fictional company. Laughlin, who has since graduated from...
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