Total engagement : using games and virtual worlds to change the way people work and businesses compete / Byron Reeves, J. Leighton Read.

By:

Reeves, Byron, 1949-

Contributor(s):

Read, J. Leighton

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Press, 2009.Description: x, 274 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9781422146576 (hardcover : alk. paper)
142214657X (hardcover : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.48/33 R322t 2009 22

LOC classification:

HM1086 R44 2009

Contents:

Introduction -- The game tsunami : who plays, how much, and why -- "Work sucks" : corporate problems that games might solve -- Ten ingredients of great games -- Virtual people -- Virtual money -- Virtual teams -- Virtual leaders -- Play is not the opposite of work -- Caught between fact and fiction -- Danger -- Tactics for change.

Summary: The strong psychological power of games can have both positive and negative consequences for the workplace. That's why it's important to put them into practice correctly from the beginning--and Reeves and Read explain how by showing which good design principles are a powerful antidote to the addictive and stress-inducing potential of games.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Premier University Central Library	303.48/33 R322t 2009	1	Available	27671

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The strong psychological power of games can have both positive and negative consequences for the workplace. That's why it's important to put them into practice correctly from the beginning--and Reeves and Read explain how by showing which good design principles are a powerful antidote to the addictive and stress-inducing potential of games.

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