TY  - CONF
TI  - The Maroon-White Game a Simulation of Trust and Long-Term Gains and Losses
C1  - Fortaleza, Brazil
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 987
EP  - 996
PY  - 2013
AU  - Smith, James P.
AU  - Rybkowski, Zofia K.
AD  - Primary Contact: Ph.D. Student, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A., james.smith@tamu.edu
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Construction Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - This paper explains how to play and facilitate the Maroon-White Game—a modified version of the Red-Black Game—which, like its predecessor, uses point maximization to motivate team performance. The Red-Black Game was designed to demonstrate to players the advantages of systems thinking, as opposed to suboptimization, during a live playing of the game. Although effective in illustrating the greater mathematic gains incurred from systems thinking to a community-at-large, the simulation might be criticized in that obtaining a larger group gain appears to require individual diminishment—a practice that may not be as easily embraced in capitalistic societies or in societies that cherish individualism over collectivism. The Maroon-White Game is based on rules from the Red-Black Game, and is designed to help participants recognize two main concepts relating to suboptimization: (1) our natural tendency, generally speaking, to sub-optimize in a competitive group setting; and (2) the effects of sub-optimization on relational sustainability and long-term gains and losses. Examining results from multiple playings of the Maroon-White Game illustrates the impact of trust—both earned and broken—on total point-based gains and losses returned not only to the community-atlarge, but also to individuals, over time.
KW  - Trust
KW  - collaboration
KW  - commitment
KW  - integrated form of agreement
KW  - game theory
KW  - problem-based learning
KW  - simulation.
PB  - 
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2013/07/31
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/949/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/949
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -