Simulations and Gaming across Disciplines and Cultures: ISAGA at a Watershed

by David Crookall (Editor), Kiyoshi Arai (Editor)

Overview

The most up-to-date coverage of simulation and gaming as a professional endeavour rather than as a set of subject-relevant techniques is provided in this volume.

The book covers: the application of a simulation or game for a specific purpose, for example international conflict; business performance and discourse analysis research; debriefing; ethics; the state of simulation//gaming in different countries; ready-to-use games in biology; employer-employee expectations and statistics; and a complete abstract of all the papers presented at the 25th ISAGA Conference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803971035
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/19/1995
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

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 Männamaa 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

Editorial Reviews

Focusing on the contribution game theory and simulation can make in many cultures and disciplines, 31 selected papers discuss applications, policy exercises, research and professional matters. Among the specific topics are simulated US decision making in the Arab-Israeli crisis, gaming sustainability, modeling economic and environmental sustainability, Dutch health care for the elderly, foreign language learning, and Russia's managerial needs. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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