International Exchange Game: A Hidden Social Dilemma

This article presents a simple social dilemma designed to help 10 to 50 participants experience the value of winning with each other, not winning against each other, by maximizing both personal and group gain through cooperation. Participants are issued instruction sheets on which they collect each...

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Published inJournal of management education Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 425 - 429
Main Author Mcdonald, Don M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01.08.2001
Sage
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Behavioral Science Research
College Students
Cooperation
Cooperative learning
Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods
Educational sciences
Game theory
Global economy
Group Structure
Leadership
Self Actualization
Smith, Adam (1723-1790)
Social order
Sociology
Strategic management
Teaching methods
United States > US
Thousand Oaks California
Indianapolis Indiana
Management
Role Playing
Simulation
Group Work
Commercial Education
Cooperation
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ISSN1052-5629
1552-6658
DOI10.1177/105256290102500406

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Summary:This article presents a simple social dilemma designed to help 10 to 50 participants experience the value of winning with each other, not winning against each other, by maximizing both personal and group gain through cooperation. Participants are issued instruction sheets on which they collect each other’s signatures. Like a global economy in which everyone gives and takes, trust and interdependence are required for maximum personal gain. It has proven useful for experiencing value added, organization synergy, communication, trust, conflict resolution, and emergent leadership.
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ISSN:1052-5629
1552-6658
DOI:10.1177/105256290102500406