Download or read book Simulation and Games for Strategy and Policy Planning written by Danny Saunders and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Policy Games for Strategic Management written by Richard D. Duke and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why and how gaming-stimulation techniques have been used in Europe and the United States to improve decision quality on a special class of bewildering and threatening strategic problems that are described as strategic volcanoes or 'macr
Download or read book Suitability and application of selected tools of Strategic Management to Simulation Games Global Management written by Benjamin Wagner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Engineering - Industrial Engineering and Management, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Georg Agricola Bochum (Wissenschaftsbereich Elektro-/Informationstechnik und Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), course: Simulation Game, language: English, abstract: This thesis deals with the necessary of using management tools within a business game. In the first descriptive part, it critically examines the common management tools mentioned in the literature. It is limited to the treatment of three tools: The Ansoff Matrix according to Harry Igor Ansoff, Porters Five Forces (industry structure analysis) and the Business Model Canvas according to Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur. In the following analysis, the work applies these tools practically to the fantasy company, „Xeltronics 1“. What does strategic management deal with? In the Anglo-American literature, management is used in two variants of meaning. On the one hand, management in the functional sense aims to describe the processes and functions, such as planning, organization, leadership and control, that are necessary in organizations based on the division of labor. Management in the institutional sense describes the people, who perform management tasks, their activities and their roles. There are the two main components of the strategy term are the time element and the reference object. According to their ethymological origin, the terms strategy and strategic are strongly associated with the term "longer-term". It is difficult to determine precisely when strategic management was established as an independent field of research. The year 1977 is mentioned as the "year of birth", for example, when a conference was held at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA, whose contributions were presented in 1979 by Schendel and Hofer under the title "Strategie Management. A New View of Business Policy and Planning". Behind the term "strategic management" is a management philosophy that expresses rethinking. Basically, the group is experiencing a similar phenomenon here as in the 1960s, when the term marketing also signalled the need to rethink after the original sellers' markets had turned into buyers' markets. Although there are many different ideas associated with the concept of strategic management, a common goal can be identified: Strategic management is able to control and guide the long-term evolution of the company. The role of the manager is important, but according to a study, almost 85% of the German population think that their salaries are high to high.
Download or read book Simulations and Games for Transition and Change written by Danny Saunders and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The International Simulation Gaming Research Yearbook written by Danny Saunders and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth volume in the "Simulation and Gaming Research Yearbook" series brings together topical and authoritative contributions from international professionals involved in the use of games and simulations. There are examples drawn from a wide range of countries.
Download or read book Learning with Digital Games written by Nicola Whitton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for Higher Education teaching and learning professionals, Learning with Digital Games provides an accessible, straightforward introduction to the field of computer game-based learning. Up to date with current trends and the changing learning needs of today’s students, this text offers friendly guidance, and is unique in its focus on post-school education and its pragmatic view of the use of computer games with adults. Learning with Digital Games enables readers to quickly grasp practical and technological concepts, using examples that can easily be applied to their own teaching. The book assumes no prior technical knowledge but guides the reader step-by-step through the theoretical, practical and technical considerations of using digital games for learning. Activities throughout guide the reader through the process of designing a game for their own practice, and the book also offers: A toolkit of guidelines, templates and checklists. Concrete examples of different types of game-based learning using six case studies. Examples of games that show active and experiential learning Practical examples of educational game design and development. This professional guide upholds the sound reputation of the Open and Flexible Learning series, is grounded in theory and closely links examples from practice. Higher Education academics, e-learning practitioners, developers and training professionals at all technical skill levels and experience will find this text is the perfect resource for explaining "how to" integrate computer games into their teaching practice. A companion website is available and provides up-to-date technological information, additional resources and further examples.
Download or read book Change Management During Unprecedented Times written by Tennin, Kyla Latrice and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conclusively, resilience, education, financial inclusion, digital transformation, strategic partnerships, and particularly change management are needed when crises occur in order to save and advance organizational ecosystems and economies. Therefore, it is crucial to know about the ideation and processes of change management to improve companies negative circumstances. Change Management During Unprecedented Times examines organizational change management through the lenses of research and innovative practices contained within the fields of leadership and organizational change. The book enlightens communities through the efforts of a research perspective that amplifies practice-based potential in applying theory, models, and frameworks to real-time issues. Covering topics such as technology, ethics, entrepreneurship, and communication, this reference work is ideal for business owners, managers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
Download or read book Learning Teaching with Technology written by Som Naidu and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the creative opportunities opened up by ICT in the modern classroom, this text presents an authoritative survey of ICT's impact upon core teaching functions, and draws from the experiences of leading practitioners in the field.
Download or read book ECEL 2018 17th European Conference on e Learning written by Klimis Ntalianis and published by Academic Conferences and publishing limited. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Conference on e-Learning was established 17 years ago. It has been held in France, Portugal, England, The Netherlands, Greece and Denmark to mention only a few of the countries who have hosted it. ECEL is generally attended by participants from more than 40 countries and attracts an interesting combination of academic scholars, practitioners and individuals who are engaged in various aspects of e-Learning. Among other journals, the Electronic Journal of e-Learning publishes a special edition of the best papers presented at this conference.
Download or read book Design and Use of Serious Games written by Marja Helena Kankaanranta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-25 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last few years, a new area of creative media industry, namely Serious Games, has started to emerge around the world. The term serious games has become more popular for example in the fields of education, business, welfare and safety. Despite this, there has been no single definition of serious games. A key question, what the concept itself means, has stayed unsolved though most have agreed on a definition that serious games are games or game-like interactive systems developed with game technology and design principles for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. In this book, serious games are understood as games which aim at providing an engaging, self-reinforcing context in which to motivate and educate the players. Serious games can be of any genre, use any game technology, and be developed for any platform. They can be entertaining, but usually they teach the user something. The central aim of serious games is to raise quality of life and well-being. As part of interactive media industry, the serious games field focuses on designing and using digital games for real-life purposes and for the everyday life of citizens in information societies. The field of serious games focuses on such areas as education, business, welfare, military, traffic, safety, travelling and tourism.
Download or read book Adversarial Planning by Strategy Switching in a Real time Strategy Game written by Brian David King and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We consider the problem of strategic adversarial planning in a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game. Strategic adversarial planning is the generation of a network of high-level tasks to satisfy goals while anticipating an adversary's actions. In this thesis we describe an abstract state and action space used for planning in an RTS game, an algorithm for generating strategic plans, and a modular architecture for controllers that generate and execute plans. We describe in detail planners that evaluate plans by simulation and select a plan by Game Theoretic criteria. We describe the details of a low-level module of the hierarchy, the combat module. We examine a theoretical performance guarantee for policy switching in Markov Games, and show that policy switching agents can underperform fixed strategy agents. Finally, we present results for strategy switching planners playing against single strategy planners and the game engine's scripted player. The results show that our strategy switching planners outperform single strategy planners in simulation and outperform the game engine's scripted AI.
Download or read book Simulation Gaming On the Improvement of Competence in Dealing with Complexity Uncertainty and Value Conflicts written by J.H.G. Klabbers and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume records the Proceedings of the International Simulation and Gaming Association's 19th International Conference which took place at Utrecht University in 1988. Seven sections are contained in the volume. The first section on complexity, uncertainty and conflict deals with theoretical and methodological issues. This is the introduction to the conference theme "On the improvement of competence". The following sections cover broad areas: organizational change, business simulation, policy exercise, methodology, learning environments, and special topics such as environmental planning, health care, diplomatic games and gambling.
Download or read book Small Teaching written by James M. Lang and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every day Research into how we learn has opened the door for utilizing cognitive theory to facilitate better student learning. But that's easier said than done. Many books about cognitive theory introduce radical but impractical theories, failing to make the connection to the classroom. In Small Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference—many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. These strategies are designed to bridge the chasm between primary research and the classroom environment in a way that can be implemented by any faculty in any discipline, and even integrated into pre-existing teaching techniques. Learn, for example: How does one become good at retrieving knowledge from memory? How does making predictions now help us learn in the future? How do instructors instill fixed or growth mindsets in their students? Each chapter introduces a basic concept in cognitive theory, explains when and how it should be employed, and provides firm examples of how the intervention has been or could be used in a variety of disciplines. Small teaching techniques include brief classroom or online learning activities, one-time interventions, and small modifications in course design or communication with students.
Download or read book The Guide to Simulations Games for Education and Training written by Robert E. Horn and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1980-03 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fullest guide to available games and simulations for use in business and education. There are over 1,400 separate entries -- about half of them new to this edition -- giving each game's name, copyright, manufacturer, price, age and number of players, together with a full description. Twenty four essays evaluate and contrast games for specific settings, making this a consumer report for game users.
Download or read book Gaming and Simulations Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 2164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book set unites fundamental research on the history, current directions, and implications of gaming at individual and organizational levels, exploring all facets of game design and application and describing how this emerging discipline informs and is informed by society and culture"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Gaming Simulations and Society written by R. Shiratori and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japan Association of Simulation & Gaming (JASAG) and the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) hosted ISAGA 2003, the 34th annual conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA), at Kazusa Akademia Park in Kisarazu, Japan,August 25–29, 2003. About 450 participants and guests attended,with 330 from Japan and 101 from 34 other countries. The number of submitted papers and reports exceeded 210, and in addition, many poster presentations and experiential sessions were held. This book is made up of 30 papers submitted to ISAGA 2003 and provides a good example of the diverse scope and standard of research achieved in simu- tion and gaming today.The theme of ISAGA 2003 was “Social Contributions and Responsibilities of Simulation and Gaming.” Looking back over the history of simulation and gaming research in Japan,in 1991 JASAG hosted ISAGA 1991 in Kyoto. However,even though there were only 12 years between ISAGA 1991 and ISAGA 2003,and both conferences were held in the same country,Japan,for Japanese researchers,the meaning of hosting these two international conferences of simulation and gaming research was very different.
Download or read book Gaming simulation rationale Design and Applications written by Cathy S. Greenblat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1975 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook on the theoretics, design and applications of gaming-simulation in the social sciences - covers contemporary problems of learning and communication, simulation techniques and model-building, the use of simulation as a teaching method, decision making applications, etc. Bibliography pp. 420 to 431, diagrams, flow charts and references.
