Power at Play [electronic resource] : The Relationships between Play, Work and Governance /
Andersen, Niels Åkerstrøm.author.
More and more adults participate as employees in games at work and in public and voluntary organizations. Power at play covers the intricate linkages between pedagogy, play and power. It shows how power today suspends itself through play and analyzes organized play as a symptom of more radical changes of the exercise of power in work and society.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Second-order Observation; 2 The Semantic History of Management Games; 3 The Organization at Play; 4 Political Play with Boundaries; 5 The Coupling of Play, Power and Pedagogy; Conclusion: Power at Play; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
More and more adults participate as employees in games at work and in public and voluntary organizations. Power at play covers the intricate linkages between pedagogy, play and power. It shows how power today suspends itself through play and analyzes organized play as a symptom of more radical changes of the exercise of power in work and society.
Organization.
Management.
Behavioral economics.
Organization.
Management.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.