Your Career Game
How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve your Professional Goals
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Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers,
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Bennett and Miles show readers how to use game theory to formulate and carry out an effective career strategy. The authors start by showing how game theory can help one negotiate the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Next, they examine "career agility" as the key to being able to play the career game better than others. The book also includes conversations with successful professionals, and discusses how their career moves demonstrate the use of a game theory approach to career management. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Your Career Game demonstrates how game theory can help readers to understand and proactively take charge of their career strategy. Authors Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles teach readers to manage the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Then, they show how readers can become better players. The key to learning how to play the career game is "career agility"—in short, nimble individuals are better game players.
Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop (Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck), and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job market.
Thois book includes conversations with a wide range of successful professionals such as Ursula Burns (Xerox), Stephen Elop (Microsoft), Marius Kloppers (BHP Billiton), Ken Frazier (Merck), and Liz McCartney (The St. Bernard Project), and discusses how their career moves demonstrate elements of a game theory approach to career management. This is a must-read strategic guide for anyone who seeks to advance their career and navigate today's job market.
Your Career Game shows how game theory provides a novel and effective approach to understanding the factors that contribute to career success.
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Bennett and Miles show readers how to use game theory to formulate and carry out an effective career strategy. The authors start by showing how game theory can help one negotiate the interdependencies and interconnectedness among coworkers, managers, and others in a manner that supports personal career efforts. Next, they examine "career agility" as the key to being able to play the career game better than others. The book also includes conversations with successful professionals, and discusses how their career moves demonstrate the use of a game theory approach to career management. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Stanford, Calif. - Stanford Business Books
Pages:
257
ISBN:
9780804756280, 0804756287
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Your career as a game -- Understanding fundamental game theory concepts -- What you need to know to play -- Moves in the career game -- As you move on : building the foundation for your successor -- Career agility
Your career as a game -- Understanding fundamental game theory concepts -- What you need to know to play -- Moves in the career game -- As you move on : building the foundation for your successor -- Career agility
Statement of responsibility:
Nathan Bennett and Stephen A. Miles
Characteristics:
x, 257 p. ;,24 cm.
Author (Original Script):
Bennett, Nathan
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Add a CommentIt is an interesting book that attempts to link game theory to the maneuvers required to advance one's career. The book illustrates the testimonies of successful executives, although the order of these testimonies/interviews is not correlated to the topics discussed in their respective chapters.