Students Learn Leadership And Teamwork At Disaster City
A group of MBA students in the Mays Business School got some realistic training in crisis leadership and team-building during a “Leadership Challenge” exercise at Disaster City®, Texas A&M’s emergency simulation training facility
“This is useful training,” said Shannon Deer, director of the Full-Time MBA Program at Mays. “It gives the students the opportunity to step out of their comfort zone and be challenged outside of an academic setting.”
The exercise is designed to teach leadership and communication skills, crisis management and teamwork.
In the aftermath of a mock tornado, the students must work together in teams to search for and rescue “victims” from a collapsed building, a train derailment and more. They also face other challenges, such as moving a large piece of concrete from a roadway, which can only be accomplished by working as a team.
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