Simulation and gaming across disciplines and cultures : ISAGA at a watershed

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Simulation and gaming across disciplines and cultures : ISAGA at a watershed

David Crookall, Kiyoshi Arai, editors

Sage Publications, c1995

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"25th Annual International Conference Silver Anniversary, International Simulation and Gaming Association (ISAGA) Ann Arbor, MI, USA July 23-29, 1994"--P. [x]

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Description

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 - David Crookall and Kiyoshi Arai Interdisciplinarity and Interculturality Opening Speech - Richard D Duke Welcome and Challenge PART ONE: APPLICATIONS Executive Decision - Hamilton Beazley and John Lobuts Jr Exploring the Psychological Contract: An Exercise Simulated US Decision Making in Arab-Israeli Crises - William C Bradford An Extended Simulation/Game for ESL Composition - Douglas W Coleman Evolution of a Bushfire Simulation/Game - Chris J Cunningham Modeling Equipment Breakdown in the Electrical Supply Industry - Jim Freeman Academic Inegrity - Gene B Halleck Description of a Simulation/Game Gaming Sustainability - Drew Mackie Computer-Mediated Simulation/Gaming in Estonian High Schools - Ivar Mannamaa and Terje Tuisk Statistics Games for Large Classes - Mieko Nakamura The Psychologist and Games in the Intensive Foreign Language Course Game-Based Course - Nina N Nemitcheva A Large-Scale Simulation for Teaching Business Srategy - Diane H Parente A Pan-American Network Simulation/Game - Leopoldo Schapira Cross-Cultural Communication, the Internet, and Simulation/Gaming - Janet Sutherland et al Reports from the Field PART TWO: POLICY EXERCISES Policy Simulation and Crisis Management - Daniel G Andriessen The Harsh Winter Scenario A Policy Exercise for the Dutch Health Care System for the Elderly - Cisca Joldersma et al Climate Policy - Jan H G Klabbers et al Management of Organized Complexity through Gaming Simulation/Gaming for Long-Term Policy Problems - Ferenc L Toth A Policy Exercise for the Dutch Power Industry - Ivo Wenzler, Rob Willems, and A M van 't Noordende PART THREE: RESEARCH A Guide to the Literature on Simulation/Gaming - David Crookall The Educational Effectiveness of Interactive Games - Daniel Druckman Jog Your Right Brain (JOG) - Peter A Raynolds An Organizational Research Tool Discourse Analysis of Foreign Language Learners in Computerized Simulation - Beverly Rising and Walter Cedar The Effect of Time Pressure, Team Formation, and Planning on Simulation/Game Performance - William J Wellington and A J Faria PART FOUR: PROFESSIONAL MATTERS Gaming-Simulation in Perspective - Robert H R Armstrong The Future of Simulation/Gaming in Britain - Henry I Ellington Opportunities and Challenges for Gaming/Simulation - Jac L Geurts A Dutch Perspective Debriefing the Debriefing Process - Linda C Lederman and Fumitoshi Kato A New Look Elbow's Methodological Belief - Richard B Powers Some Uses and a Caution History Lessons and Prospects of Gaming/Simulation in the CIS - Victor I Rybalskiy Policy Exercises - Ferenc L Toth The First 10 Years The Use of Simulations/Games to Fill Russia's Managerial Needs - Joseph Wolfe

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