Abstract
We examined the educational effects of the Agent Based Approach (ABA), which is attracting attentions as one of new research methods recently, in business administration education for practitioners. We found that the ABA not only offers effective learning and enlighten effects that traditional approaches, such as the lecture and the case method, provide, but enables students to experience the overall decision making processes vicariously. In addition, the ABA is effective in understanding existing theories in business administration fields. We concluded, therefore, that the ABA is a promising new teaching method in business administration education for practitioners where the primary interest lies in acquiring good decision making skills.
