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Theorizing on the Treatment of Time in Simulation Gaming

Timo Lainema
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Timo Lainema: University of Turku, Finland, timo.lainema@tse.fi

Simulation & Gaming, 2010, vol. 41, issue 2, 170-186

Abstract: A key element in organizational decision making is the progress of time and the ability to live with it. This article discusses the factor of time in decision making and how time can be taken into account in computerized simulation gaming. The discussion is based on recent definitions and classifications of time. The author reflects on these classifications and argues that embedding a richer time conception could increase the application domain of simulation gaming in the organizational context. Finally, the author theorizes on the implications of continuous processing in simulation gaming. The results indicate that continuous gaming provides an intense and meaningful learning environment.

Keywords: business games; classification of time; complexity; continuous processing; decision making; definitions of time; progress of time; real-time gaming; theory; time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/1046878108319870

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