Simulations and Gaming across Disciplines and Cult ISAGA at a Watershed

by David Crookall; Kiyoshi Arai

• ISBN13: 9780803971035
• ISBN10: 0803971036
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-19
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

"This comprehensive and immensely readable volume takes the reader to the cutting edge of the field. Like the conference from which it stems, the book has extremely broad coverage in terms of the topics addressed, the disciplines from which the authors come and to which their papers contribute, and the geographic sites of origin of the ideas and findings. The conference presentations, of a high quality in their initial form, have been wonderfully crafted by the authors with the excellent guidance of the editors. It is a timely addition to the literature and belongs on every gamer's bookshelf." --Cathy Stein Greenblat, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Jersey With contributions from leading international researchers in simulation and gaming, this book provides readers with up-to-date coverage of simulation and gaming as a professional endeavor rather than just as a set of subject-relevant techniques. Organized into four parts (applications, policy exercises, research, and professional matters), the book covers such topics as the application of simulation/games to specific purposes (such as international conflict, citizen participation, etc.); research in the areas of business performance and discourse analysis; and debriefing, ethics, and the state of simulation/gaming in various countries. Simulation and Gaming Across Disciplines and Cultures offers readers a cohesive picture of the breadth and richness of the field of simulation and gaming.

Table of Contents

Preface

Interdisciplinarity and Interculturality - Richard D Duke

Opening Speech

Welcome and Challenge

PART ONE: APPLICATIONS - Hamilton Beazley and John Lobuts Jr

Executive Decision

Exploring the Psychological Contract: An Exercise - William C Bradford

Simulated US Decision Making in Arab-Israeli Crises - Douglas W Coleman

An Extended Simulation//Game for ESL Composition - Chris J Cunningham

Evolution of a Bushfire Simulation//Game - Jim Freeman

Modeling Equipment Breakdown in the Electrical Supply Industry - Gene B Halleck

Academic Inegrity

Description of a Simulation//Game - Drew Mackie

Gaming Sustainability - Ivar M[um]annamaa and Terje Tuisk

Computer-Mediated Simulation//Gaming in Estonian High Schools - Mieko Nakamura

Statistics Games for Large Classes - Nina N Nemitcheva

The Psychologist and Games in the Intensive Foreign Language Course Game-Based Course - Diane H Parente

A Large-Scale Simulation for Teaching Business Srategy - Leopoldo Schapira

A Pan-American Network Simulation//Game - Janet Sutherland et al

Cross-Cultural Communication, the Internet, and Simulation//Gaming

Reports from the Field

PART TWO: POLICY EXERCISES - Daniel G Andriessen

Policy Simulation and Crisis Management

The Harsh Winter Scenario - Cisca Joldersma et al

A Policy Exercise for the Dutch Health Care System for the Elderly - Jan H G Klabbers et al

Climate Policy

Management of Organized Complexity through Gaming - Ferenc L Toth

Simulation//Gaming for Long-Term Policy Problems - Ivo Wenzler, Rob Willems, and A M van 't Noordende

A Policy Exercise for the Dutch Power Industry

PART THREE: RESEARCH - David Crookall

A Guide to the Literature on Simulation//Gaming - Daniel Druckman

The Educational Effectiveness of Interactive Games - Peter A Raynolds

Jog Your Right Brain (JOG)

An Organizational Research Tool - Beverly Rising and Walter Cedar

Discourse Analysis of Foreign Language Learners in Computerized Simulation - William J Wellington and A J Faria

The Effect of Time Pressure, Team Formation, and Planning on Simulation//Game Performance

PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL MATTERS - Robert H R Armstrong

Gaming-Simulation in Perspective - Henry I Ellington

The Future of Simulation//Gaming in Britain - Jac L Geurts

Opportunities and Challenges for Gaming//Simulation

A Dutch Perspective - Linda C Lederman and Fumitoshi Kato

Debriefing the Debriefing Process

A New Look - Richard B Powers

Elbow's Methodological Belief

Some Uses and a Caution - Victor I Rybalskiy

History Lessons and Prospects of Gaming//Simulation in the CIS - Ferenc L Toth

Policy Exercises

The First 10 Years - Joseph Wolfe

The Use of Simulations//Games to Fill Russia's Managerial Needs