Obtaining Managerial Skills in Virtual Reality

Abstract

Virtual worlds are very versatile environments. It isn’t a didactic device narrowly focused on one or a few uses, but it allows a wide range of activities, teaching forms and methods. In the paper’s introductory part, virtual worlds are defined in the conceptual and content areas. Further, their technological concept is described. Using the available knowledge, didactic-technological aspects have been defined to accelerate the use options of these virtual worlds in the role of the educational environment. The research aim is to describe the benefits and drawbacks of using virtual reality in management teaching and to answer the research question RQ: Are managerial skills training in a simulated environment more effective than other teaching methods, thanks to clarity? In the paper’s application part, a research survey on respondents groups A and B is described, whose aim was to compare the deployment of virtual reality in teaching managerial skills of bachelor students with the traditional way of teaching. Subsequently, a questionnaire was carried out by all respondents, where 7 questions were placed with the possibility of evaluation on a scale of 1–5 points where 5 points are the highest ranking. The basic questionnaire file included all respondents. The Student’s T Test was used. Conclusions and recommendations were formed, based on the synthesis of the acquired knowledge.