conference method

a method of personnel training in which participants work together in an attempt to resolve typical work-related problems and issues. Participants develop their problem-solving and decision-making abilities, acquire new information, and modify their attitudes in the process of pooling ideas, testing assumptions, discussing new approaches, and drawing inferences and conclusions. See also business game; case method; multiple-role playing; scenario analysis.

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March 16th 2025

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see Zener cards. [Joseph B. Rhine]