The Kids Are Alright
How the Gamer Generation Is Changing the Workplace
Résumé
Think video games are kids' stuff? Think again. According to authors John C. Beck and Mitchell Wade all those hours immersed in game culture have created masses of employees with unique attributes. This new generation that's ninety-million strong has an amazing ability to multitask, solves problems creatively, and brings unexpected leadership to the table.
But to tap these skills, we need to understand and appreciate the different ways gamers think and behave. The Kids Are Alright dispels common myths about gamers and reveals them as committed, team-oriented people who play to win.
L'auteur - John C. Beck
John C. Beck, Ph.D., is the Director of International
Research at the prestigious Accenture Institute for
Strategic Change, where he is currently leading research
projects on globalization and the future of wireless
communication. He has written more than a hundred articles
on the topics of strategic management, corporate
leadership, organizational behavior, the global
marketplace, and business in Asia. He is also the
bestselling author, with Tom Davenport, of The Attention
Economy, which was named one of the ten best business books
of 2001 by both Amazon.com and Border's Books.
Beck earned his B.A. in East Asian Studies and Sociology
summa cum laude from Harvard University, and was the first
graduate of Harvard's integrative Ph.D. program in Business
Studies. His dynamic business career has spanned the world
and a variety of industries. He served as the senior
strategic advisor to the First Prime Minister, Prince
Ranariddh, during Cambodia's first three years as a
democracy. He was Co-Director of the “Project on
Strategies of the World's Largest 50 Companies” for
the United Nations. He worked as the Far East Advisor with
Monitor Company, a Boston-based strategy consultancy, and
oversaw the start-up of their operations in Korea and
Japan. Beck was also President of Asian Business
Information and Publisher of The Asian Century, a
newsletter specializing in the strategic analysis of Asian
companies and industries.
In addition to his work with Accenture, Beck is a Visiting
Professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and
an Adjunct Professor at the Ivey School at the University
of Western Ontario, where he teaches courses on eCommerce,
Management Consulting, and Globalization and Leadership. He
makes his home in Phoenix, Arizona.
L'auteur - Mitchell Wade
Mitchell Wade is a business strategist with expertise in
how information—with or without information
technology—creates new opportunities for
organizations, large and small. In his present position as
a senior consultant for Accenture, he has identified force
multipliers and “killer apps” for wireless
technology, created strategies for non-technology firms to
leverage mobile devices, and analyzed the interplay between
television and the Internet.
Wade earned his A.B. at Harvard, magna cum laude, with a
concentration in political theory. His work as a strategist
began at the RAND Corporation, widely hailed as “the
original thinktank.” In a decade at RAND, he
performed innovative research and designed new approaches
in education, public policy, communication, technology,
logistics, and e-commerce. He ultimately developed
corporate strategy for RAND itself, and was deeply involved
in the institution's historic move to accept private-sector
clients.
Working in both design- and management-focused
consultancies, Wade has conducted analyses and developed
new approaches for very large enterprises (major federal
agencies as well as multinational corporations), for tiny
non-profits, and for an Internet startup. He lives in Los
Angeles, California.
Sommaire
- Introduction: planet of the rotting minds
- Space invader
- Sex, violence and stereotypes
- Not the real world
- Want "tude with that?
- Play nice
- Win or go home
- Gamers on top
- Press start to continue
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Harvard Business School Press (HBS) |
| Auteur(s) | John C. Beck, Mitchell Wade |
| Parution | 23/11/2006 |
| Nb. de pages | 220 |
| Format | 13,5 x 21 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 225g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9781422104354 |
| ISBN13 | 978-1-4221-0435-4 |
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