TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reeves,Byron
AU  - Read,J.Leighton
TI  - Total engagement: using games and virtual worlds to change the way people work and businesses compete 
SN  - 9781422146576 (hbk.)
AV  - HM1086 .R44 2009
U1  - 306.46 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Harvard Business Press
KW  - Group games
KW  - Group relations training
KW  - Teams in the workplace
KW  - Play
KW  - Work environment
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -