Importance of Management Games in Classroom learning - A perspective

Management is an art or science is debatable. But one thing which is sure is that importance of management functions, learning basic management concepts and its application in day to day activity of corporate world has achieved tremendous acceptance in recent years.Today every graduate aspires to have MBA tagged to his name. And to train these graduates there are several schools and institutions that offer full time, part time or even distance learning education in Management. But can just classroom teaching or study material provide enough knowledge to a candidate who can use this classroom knowledge in unpardonable corporate world? The answer is an emphatic no. Learning theory and practicing it is altogether different ball game, especially when applying management concepts. So to train these graduates a different approach is required where learning becomes interesting.