Your Career Game: How Game Theory Can Help You Achieve Your Professional Goals
- ISBN-10
- 0804771359
- ISBN-13
- 9780804771351
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-25
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- Stephen A. Miles, Nathan Bennett
Description
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.
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