LEGO® Serious Play® in management education

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Figure 1. LEGO Serious Play, Identity and Landscape, and Window Exploration Kits.

Source: LEGO (2022) and LEGO (2023b; 2023b, 2023a).

Table 1. Module and LSP workshop overview

Day	Syllabus	Assignment	LSP Workshop	Challenge
Day 1	Introduction to management discipline.	Introduction to assignment task and grouping.	Individual Skills	Build a tower.
			Individual Challenge	Build a manager.
Day 2	Evolution of management and the contemporary business environment.	Brainstorming company ideas, business plan development.	Group Skills	Build today’s weather.
			Group Challenge	Build what managers do in today’s business environment?
Day 3	Planning, strategy, internal and external environment.	Analysis of external environment – PESTLE and industry.	None.	None.
Day 4	Leadership theory, styles, personality.	Identification of suitable leadership style.	None.	None.
Day 5	Organisational structure and staffing.	Design of organisational structure using LSP.	Assignment Challenge	Build the structure of your organisation.
Day 6	Field trip with focus on leadership and its impact on the success of a business.
Day 7	Managing teams and controlling in organisations, personality and team roles.	Progress presentations.	None.	None.
Day 8	Managing innovation and change, innovation and competitiveness, managing change in the workplace.	Formulation of why the company will be a success to convince others to invest in it, finalising presentations.	Group Challenge	Build changes to the workplace during the pandemic.
Day 9	Group presentations, module reflection.	Final presentation (assessed) and ‘Dragons’ Den’ investment game.	None.	None.

Source: Developed by the author.

Figure 2. Individual tower builds.

Source: Author’s image.

Figure 3. Example of individual manager builds.

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Figure 4. Group weather builds.

Source: Author’s image.

Figure 5. Group ‘what managers do’ builds.

Source: Author’s image.

Figure 6. Company structure builds.

Source: Author’s image.

LEGO. 2022. LEGO® Identity and Landscape Kit. Retrieved July 4, 2022. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/identity-and-landscape-kit-2000430

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LEGO. 2023b. LEGO® window exploration bag. Retrieved August 24, 2023. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/window-exploration-bag-2000409

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LEGO. 2023a. LEGO® serious Play Starter Kit. Retrieved August 24, 2023. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/starter-kit-2000414?CMP=AFC-AffiliateUK-pfxNKSnglIM-3354356-1377971-2000414

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