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Author:

Reeves, Byron, 1949-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Harvard Business Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 274 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Group games.
Group relations training.
Teams in the workplace.
Play.
Work environment.

Other Authors:

Read, J. Leighton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

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

OCLC:

(OCoLC)439893838

LCCN:

2009035808

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)