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Why playing around at the office works

Why playing around at the office works

By:  Howard Solomon  On: 28 Nov 2012 For: Computing Canada Creator
 

Gamification -- rewarding staff with points or gifts through online "games" -- has its cheerleaders. A new book has one analyst in its corner

Games are a part of any organization – if what you mean is internal politics.
 
Gaming – the rewarding of staff for working on teams or suggesting ideas -- is something else that may be worthwhile in your enterprise.
 
That’s what comes through in this book review by Gartner’s Mark McDonald of the recently-published Enteprise Games by Michael Hugos.

 

With games, Hugos argues, a company can become “an agile network structure” that promotes co-ordination over top-down control. Perhaps the best known game platform is Badgeville, used by corporations as well as consumers.

 
McDonald says he’s glad he read what he calls a provoking and practical look at gaming. If you’ve used this technique in your company, let us know.
 

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Howard Solomon Howard Solomon I'm assistant editor of ComputerWorld Canada covering network infrastructure, communications and government IT issues. An IT journalist  since 1997, I've written ... more

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