Total Engagement: How Games and Virtual Worlds Are Changing the Way People Work and Businesses Compete

by Byron Reeves, J. Leighton Read, Leighton Read, et al.

Book Overview

Can the workplace be more productive by including avatars, three-dimensional environments, and participant-driven outcomes? This grounded and thought-provoking book by Byron Reeves and Leighton Read proves that it is not only possible, it is inevitable. Implementing components of multiplayer computer games in the workplace will address a host of age-old problems. Games can not only stem boredom and decrease turnover, but also enhancee collaboration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142214657X
• ISBN13: 9781422146576
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"