Game Management Research Articles

Dual form of education within the framework of contemporary educational trends in Ukraine

As a result of the reforms carried out in our society, great changes are taking place in the education system. Taking into account the prospects and priorities of the economic development, modern equipment and technological trends, the urgent problem is the fundamental improvement of the quality of personnel training necessary for the industries and sectors of the economy. Existing work experience of an employee is highly valued by companies, so its absence is the main obstacle for those who are looking for a job for the first time. Many young people fall into a vicious circle: they cannot find their first job, cannot get a job, because they do not have work experience. The practice of mentoring has a large-scale impact on promoting youth employment and is one of the main reasons for reducing youth unemployment. Purpose. The main goal of the research is to study the peculiarities of the organization of the educational process in the conditions of dual education of students. Methodology. Research methods can be divided into two categories – theoretical ones: systematic analysis, synthesis, generalization, analysis of philosophical, pedagogical, psychological, methodological and technical issues related to the research problem, and experimental ones: observation, conversation, monitoring, survey and testing, pedagogical experiment. Innovative methods are introduced into the research process; they are used during lectures, seminars, practical classes, business games, projects, simulation modeling of problem situations, thematic conferences with the participation of employers. Despite certain shortcomings, the dual system of training is one of the successful models of cooperative training and production, which can be used as an innovative type of organization of targeted training. Findings. The work considers the main aspects of the organization of specialist training in the conditions of interaction between educational institutions and enterprises. After all, the organization of the training process at the enterprise according to the dual form of obtaining education is aimed at the formation of special knowledge, abilities and skills necessary for the performance of qualified professional activities. Originality. The authors considered the concept of the development of the system of dual-form education in Ukraine in modern conditions, which takes into account the historical chronology of the formation of this process, formalizes individual stages and initiates the principles of planning the future development of this domestic system in institutions of higher education. Practical value. The results of this study can be applied by scientific and pedagogical teams of educational institutions of higher and vocational education, as well as by representatives of employers who implement a dual education system.

Trade-offs in stakeholder theory: an ordonomic perspective

PurposeStakeholder theory understands business in terms of relationships among stakeholders whose interests are mainly joint but may be occasionally conflicting. In the latter case, managers may need to make trade-offs between these interests. The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of managerial decision-making about these trade-offs.Design/methodology/approachThis paper draws on the ordonomic approach which sees business life to be rife with social dilemmas and locates the role of stakeholders in harnessing or resolving these dilemmas through engagement in rule-finding and rule-setting processes.FindingsThe ordonomic approach suggests that stakeholder interests trade-offs ought to be neither ignored nor avoided, but rather embraced and welcomed as an opportunity for bringing to fruition the joint interest of stakeholders in playing a better game of business. Stakeholders are shown to bear responsibility for overcoming the perceived trade-offs through the institutional management of social dilemmas.Originality/valueFor many stakeholder theorists, the nature of managerial decision-making about trade-offs between conflicting stakeholder interests and the nature of trade-offs themselves have been a long-standing point of contention. The paper shows that trade-offs may be useful for the value creation process and explicitly discusses managerial strategies for dealing with them.

Business game “High-tech Pediatric Surgery”: Modeling of management decisions in children’s health protection in the Far Eastern Federal District

BACKGROUND: The difference in the levels of total infant mortality in certain administrative territorial entities of the country is an acute medical and social problem of domestic healthcare, which indicates the absence of a single standard of accessibility and quality of medical care. This indicator in the Far Eastern Federal District significantly exceeds the corresponding indicators in the Central and Northwestern districts.
 AIM: This study aimed to identify unresolved problems and identify ways to improve the availability and quality of surgical care for children by modeling the process of making administrative and clinical decisions by employees of medical organizations and heads of healthcare in the Far Eastern Federal District in the interests of children in need of specialized, including high-tech, medical care, including medical evacuation.
 MATERIALS AND METHODS: A “business game” with simultaneous implementation of the simulation process in 11 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District was conducted using distributed communication channels and technical capabilities of audiovisual fixation of the opinions of the study participants. A series of five business games on the following profiles were implemented: neonatal surgery, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, and combustiology. The scenarios of the games were prepared by the organizers of the study: “Russian Association of Pediatric Surgeons” (LLC) and “Agency for Strategic Initiatives to promote new projects” (ANO). The moderators of the games were leading specialists from specialized federal medical organizations. The game participants were regional teams of the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District. The observers of the games were representatives of federal legislative and executive authorities and healthcare experts.
 RESULTS: In this study, 9–11 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District participated in a series of five games. The total number of participants in business games ranged from 126 to 151, and the number of connection points was 42–66. The identified problematic issues included organizational (9), personnel (8), transport (7), equipment (7), and financial (6) aspects.
 CONCLUSIONS: The ideology of the interregional centers of specialized surgical care for children corresponds to the vision of representatives of the professional community and organizers of territorial healthcare as a promising way to increase the availability and quality of medical care to the pediatric population.

Педагогічні можливості мистецтва хореографії у творчому розвитку підлітків

The article deals with pedagogical methods that ensure the creative development of adolescent students through the art of choreography. The importance of the art of dance in working with a children's choreographic group is determined. The article notes that the modern world is characterised by a focus on digitalisation and automation, but art classes allow you to experience personal emotions, which is important for modern students to feel and understand the beauty of the work done and transform its energy into creative achievements. The main problem of our research is to study the methodological and theoretical system of prominent Ukrainian choreographic teachers and the use of effective methods in the creative activity of future choreographic art specialists. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the pedagogical possibilities of choreographic art in the creative development of adolescent students in the study of classical, folk and contemporary dance. The determining condition for success in creativity is systematic, hard work that requires mobilisation of spiritual forces and maximum concentration. The harmonious combination of dance and pantomime, music and poetry, plasticity of movements and drama of a literary work into a single whole is an important factor for the aesthetic education of the individual, his or her creative development and value attitude to reality. The authors note that in recent years, the relevant disciplines have been increasingly introduced into educational institutions, performing a number of functions, namely: educational, cognitive, creative dialogue and co-creation, which significantly affects adolescents, increases their self-esteem, and promotes the need for self-development. It has been established that the art of dance is an integral part of the culture of the Ukrainian people, and Ukrainian choreographic art has its own powerful, original voice in the world of culture and art. The pedagogical innovations of our choreographers are widely known outside Ukraine, and they are known and respected in the world. The article highlights the pedagogical methods successfully used by contemporary teachers Radu Poklitaru, Larysa Tsvetkova and others in their work. These include methods of individual approach to each student, improvisation and experimentation, use of multimedia technologies, trainings, business games, situational tasks, master classes, problem-based learning, and creative forms of work (combinations, sketches). The experience of well-known teachers has shown that the art of choreography opens up a wide scope for the development of the creative potential of the individual, allows to introduce creative elements into dance education and upbringing along with performance practice.

Increasing the Level of Motivation of Foreign International Relations and Bilingual Students in Studying the Language of Professional Communication

The article is devoted to the description of the work of teachers of the Russian Language Department of MGIMO on the development of professional competence of foreign students. The authors describe some methods of active learning such as business games and student conferences. Business games allows teachers to solve the following tasks: activation of the studied lexical and grammatical material, the development of new vocabulary, syntactic constructions, norms of communicative behavior; training in the construction of monological speech and dialogue; motivation of students to increase their linguistic and cultural knowledge. Participation in student conferences helps to strengthen motivation for a more in-depth study of the Russian language, increase the level of education of students, proves the need for independent work. The article analyzes the experience of holding business games, conferences and the UN Model in MGIMO.

Community Science Strategies Reveal Distributional Patterns of Treponeme-Associated Hoof Disease in Washington Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Treponeme-associated hoof disease (TAHD) is an emerging disease of conservation concern in elk (Cervus canadensis) in the Northwest USA. Elk with TAHD exhibit characteristic hoof lesions that are often accompanied by lameness and limping. The gold standard approach traditionally used for infectious disease surveillance is laboratory confirmation, which for TAHD is a histologic examination of abnormal elk hooves submitted by wildlife agencies. Diagnostic evaluation affords certainty in confirming TAHD; however, these examinations are also labor and resource intensive, and therefore, not conducive to the collection of sufficient data for epidemiologic investigations. In response, two community science (CS) surveillance strategies have been implemented in Washington State: public observations of limping elk from a web-based reporting tool and hunter reports of hoof abnormalities on harvested elk. Surveillance using CS strategies can be implemented widely and may be useful for describing broad distributional patterns of TAHD, despite their unknown relationship to laboratory-confirmed cases. We described and compared the spatial–temporal distribution of TAHD in western Washington game management units (GMU) using the two CS strategies to assess congruences and discrepancies between observed patterns. We used spatial scan statistics to identify possible core-affected and newly emerging areas at the GMU level. Lastly, we contrasted CS observations against confirmed case data to examine possible delays in TAHD detection and co-occurrence among surveillance strategies. We found public observations of limping elk often predated TAHD confirmations in GMUs by several years, while hunter-reported abnormalities predated confirmations in GMUs by several months. High co-occurrence between the presence of apparent and confirmed cases under different surveillance strategies further supports the use of CS sources. This study capitalizes on wide-reaching CS data to provide new and complementary epidemiological information that can help guide future surveillance, management, and research efforts for this novel elk hoof disease.

The handball referee’s personality through the lens of players and coaches

Refereeing in handball is a complex exercise involving numerous decisions and interactions among players and coaches. To meet the demands of officiating a game, (e.g., withstand the pressure generated by spectators or managing critical situations), referees need to have a certain personality type. Since the sport of handball faces an acute shortage of referees and the recruitment of suitable individuals becomes increasingly difficult, personality research can provide practical guidance for the identification of potential candidates. When determining the personality characteristics necessary for refereeing, taking an external perspective and collecting information from others can provide a more objective assessment of an individual’s personality than self-assessment. For this reason, an online qualitative survey was conducted to collect data from 89 German handball players and 35 coaches. Based on the principles of qualitative content analysis, a large part of the responses could first be structured and assigned to the five-factor model. The remaining responses were then categorised, which allowed four categories to emerge: (i) character and leadership, (ii) judgement and decision-making, (iii) game management, and (iv) physical fitness and cognitive demands. The findings contribute to expanding knowledge about the crucial personality characteristics that shape handball referees’ personality and suggest that the performance profile of handball referees shows similarities to that of other team sports officials. In our conclusion, we outline research directions with high practical relevance for the recruitment and development of referees, e.g., the study of referees’ assertiveness, need for evaluation, preference for consistency, or self-efficacy.

Methods of forming a responsible attitude to the system of professional values in future teachers

The article describes the method of forming a responsible attitude to the system of professional values in future teachers. The essence of a responsible attitude to professional pedagogical activity is manifested in: the future teacher's awareness of the value of his profession, his own place in the professional environment, the formation of motives for professional behavior; the teacher has integrated subject and psychological-pedagogical knowledge, formed professional abilities and skills, experience in the practical implementation of professional activities; skillful organization by the teacher of his activity and effective management of it; the teacher's abilities to analyze pedagogical situations and pedagogical reflection; feelings of satisfaction from the results of pedagogical activity, striving for creative implementation of the teacher's duties and overcoming difficulties on the way to professional development. In the process of teaching the educational disciplines «Pedagogy», «Methodology of educational work», «History of pedagogy», «Fundamentals of pedagogical mastery», the methodology of forming a responsible attitude to the system of pedagogical values in future teachers was introduced. The requirements for the teacher's professional competencies were analyzed on the basis of modern documents on education. We determined the content of the educational material, identified semantic connections between its elements. The development of the procedural component consisted in the study of professional experience, the performance of cognitive and practical tasks. In the process of organizing educational activities, both traditional (lectures, practical, laboratory classes) and interactive (group work, business games, problem-based learning, project method) forms of work were introduced.

DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETENCE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AMONG STUDENTS OF NON-LANGUAGE SPECIALTIES AT UNIVERSITY

The article discusses the organization of the process of developing the ability of public speaking on the basis of an online learning resource. It is one of the pedagogical solutions aimed to improve the effectiveness of teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic specialties at the university. To determine the relationship between the ability of public speaking in a foreign language and foreign language communicative competence, formed in accordance with the federal state educational standards of higher education, various approaches to the defi nition of the concepts of «competence» and «public speech» are analyzed. The features of public speech, the essence of communication technologies and methodological aspects of the development of an online training module have been studied. The results of a theoretical analysis of scientifi c and educational literature on the research topic allowed us to come to the conclusion that it is advisable to introduce an online module as an additional means of teaching a foreign language. The application of the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) pedagogical design model in the development of an online learning resource on the Google Classroom web service is substantiated. The content of the online training module is professionally oriented and is a set of exercises for teaching group interviews and group counseling. Thematically presented module is intended for students in the specialty program 44.05.01 Pedagogy and psychology of deviant behavior. To solve the problems of professional activity during foreign language training, it is proposed to use modeling and execution of business games in oral communication and situational communicative tasks with writing different types of text in written communication. The developed online questionnaires are of practical importance for the implementation of the assessment stage according to the pedagogical design model of the online educational process ADDIE. The main research methods at the control stage of experimental research work are subject testing. The theoretical results of the study can be recommended to foreign language teachers at non-linguistic universities.

Особенности преподавания гигиены в медицинском университете с учетом профильности и цифровизации

The issue of organizing the teaching of hygiene considering specialization of the medical university faculties is relevant in the context of digitalization. Proficiency in digital skill determines the modern professional physician’s competitiveness. The paper provides analysis of the use of digital technologies to study the relevant issues of hygiene. Educational process at the Department of General Hygiene of the Voronezh State Medical University is built on the principle of uniformity and consistency. Professional educational trajectory, including that on digital platforms, considers the teaching continuity, from fundamental theoretical subjects to clinical and specialized ones. Within the framework of educational process, issues of special hygiene, such as specifics of structure and use of medical institutions, features of professional activity of physicians of various specialties, are considered. Conventional methods to teach hygiene are supplemented with the differentially used innovative teaching techniques. The business game method is successfully used by the future clinicians to master the topic “Food Poisoning”. The method of creating educational videos for visual demonstration of laboratory work can be used in distant learning. The digital learning method demonstrates the possibility of using advanced digital devices and internet-based technologies in preventive medicine. It seems necessary to further improve the educational process at all the faculties as educational and professional standards, as well as the academic passport for Hygiene, are updated.

Effects of a Preventive Mental Health Curriculum Embedded Into a Scholarly Gaming Course on Adolescent Self-Esteem: Prospective Matched Pairs Experiment.

Positive self-esteem predicts happiness and well-being and serves as a protective factor for favorable mental health. Scholarly gaming within the school setting may serve as a channel to deliver a mental health curriculum designed to improve self-esteem. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a scholarly gaming curriculum with and without an embedded preventive mental health curriculum, Mental Health Moments (MHM), on adolescents' self-esteem. The scholarly gaming curriculum and MHM were developed by 3 educators and a school-based health intervention expert. The scholarly gaming curriculum aligned with academic guidelines from the International Society for Technology Education, teaching technology-based career skills and video game business development. The curriculum consisted of 40 lessons, delivered over 14 weeks for a minimum of 120 minutes per week. A total of 83 schools with previous gaming engagement were invited to participate and 34 agreed. Schools were allocated to +MHM or -MHM arms through a matched pairs experimental design. The -MHM group received the scholarly gaming curriculum alone, whereas the +MHM group received the scholarly gaming curriculum plus MHM embedded into 27 lessons. MHM integrated concepts from the PERMA framework in positive psychology as well as the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) standards in education, which emphasize self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Participants in the study were students at schools offering scholarly gaming curricula and were enrolled at recruitment sites. Participants completed a baseline and postintervention survey quantifying self-esteem with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (score range 0-30). A score <15 characterizes low self-esteem. Participants who completed both baseline and postintervention surveys were included in the analysis. Of the 471 participants included in the analysis, 235 received the -MHM intervention, and 236 received the +MHM intervention. Around 74.9% (n=353) of participants were in high school, and most (n=429, 91.1%) reported this was their first year participating in scholarly gaming. Most participants were male (n=387, 82.2%). Only 58% (n=273) reported their race as White. The average self-esteem score at baseline was 17.9 (SD 5.1). Low self-esteem was reported in 22.1% (n=104) of participants. About 57.7% (n=60) of participants with low self-esteem at baseline rated themselves within the average level of self-esteem post intervention. When looking at the two groups, self-esteem scores improved by 8.3% among the +MHM group compared to no change among the -MHM group (P=.002). Subgroup analyses revealed that improvements in self-esteem attributed to the +MHM intervention differed by race, gender, and sexual orientation. Adolescents enrolled in a scholarly gaming curriculum with +MHM had improved self-esteem, shifting some participants from abnormally low self-esteem scores into normal ranges. Adolescent advocates, including health care providers, need to be aware of nontraditional educational instruction to improve students' well-being.

Wolves as Enemy of the Soviet State: Policies and Implications of Predator Management in Yakutia

Abstract This article gives an overview of wolf extermination endeavours in Soviet Yakutia as part of state ideologies of human dominance over nature in the process of modernisation of the Russian North. The proclaimed wolf extermination was a large-scale operation planned and launched by state authorities in Yakutia involving bureaucratic, finance and human contingents, as well as the available infrastructure. Based on ethnographic research among game managers, wolf hunters and Eveny and Evenki hunting-herding communities, as well as archival materials on Soviet Yakutia, we demonstrate how state goals to eradicate wolves were sometimes unsystematic in practice due to the misuse of state resources as well as the difficulty in accomplishing this objective in remote and difficult to access taiga landscapes. Furthermore, while being involved in wolf eradication campaigns Indigenous communities also retained their vernacular notions of wolves as non-human persons with whom they were inclined to maintain neighbourly relations rather than pursue extermination.

Analysis of Microsofts Motivation to Acquire Activision Blizzard

The news of Microsoft spending huge amount of money doing acquisition of Activision Blizzard shocked many game players. It was questioned by people. Why did Microsoft choose to acquire Blizzard under the condition that Blizzard seemed going downhill with its management and was stuggled with its employee sexual harrasement scandal? Why is Blizzard still worth so much value for Microsoft? What can Blizzard bring to Microsoft and what are the risks? Is the real purpose of such a big action by Microsoft just to expand its gaming business? Is the metaverse mentioned in Microsoft's announcement the real mission? This article is going to use the SWOT analysis to fully analyze Blizzard's own strengths and weaknesses, and to discover what kind of opportunities and threats it can bring to Microsoft in the industry it is in, to explore the things behind the game itself, but the key to open the door of the possibility and the success of a new area.

THEORETICAL VIEWS OF TEACHING ENGLISH TO ENGINEERING STUDENTS

This article describes the theoretical basis of the methodology in teaching English to engineering students. We use the method as case-study, role-playing business games, critical understanding of the text. According to the nature of the final product, the following types of projects are distinguished: constructive-practical, informational-research, published, scripted, creative projects related to social inquiry.

Methodological Approaches to Teaching Behavioral Economics

Key words: new behavioral economics, models of behavioral economics, rational behavior, paradoxes, the effect of control (endowment effect), games of justice The economy is a living organism because it is managed by an economic man, but the assertion that human behavior is purely rational is rejected by modern researchers. As rational and irrational components of human choice move into the economy, they significantly influence market relations. To better understand the essence of people as subjects of the economy, it is necessary to thoroughly understand their economic behavior, to identify the reasons and consequences of making the certain economic decision. Based on the findings of the researchers in the field of behavioral economics, subjects of market relations cannot be manipulated by major market players or pressure from the majority, thereby controlling and successfully froming their behavior. The researches of leading scientists in the field of behavioral economics, their developed business games and teaching methodologies were studied in article. Teaching behavioral economics, as a separate university course, will help students acquire more up-to-date knowledge and skills.

CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR HR MANAGERS’ PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CORPORATE TRAINING

The article is devoted to highlighting the problem of the use of contextual teaching and learning for HR managers’ psychological and pedagogical competence development in within corporate training. The aim of the article is as follows: to substantiate the contextual teaching and learning as pedagogical condition for HR managers’ psychological and pedagogical competence development within the framework of corporate training. The role and significance of psychological and pedagogical competence in the professional activity of HR managers is substantiated. An analysis of the scientific literature on the research problem, highlighting various aspects of contextual teaching and learning usage was carried out. It is justified that for HR managers’ psychological and pedagogical competence development in the framework of corporate training, it is important to master knowledge, develop skills, professional values and attitudes that totality can be characterized as the HR manager’s ability to reach acme and realize one’s own competence in the conditions of a fast‐developing business environment consisting of typical, atypical, problematic, creative and innovative situations and tasks. It is proved that to gain experience in the implementation of the psychological and pedagogical competence of HR managers, it is important to harmonize the content of training, which reflects the specifics of their professional activity, with organizational forms and methods that have proven their effectiveness in the framework of corporate training. The content of professional development should be practice‐oriented, based on the experience of HR managers and provide for its further use in practice. The features and content of contextual teaching and learning for the acquisition of experience in the implementation of the psychological and pedagogical competence of HR managers are presented (the content, tasks, the organizational forms of learning and methods, the peculiarities of participants’ activity, the expected results, the indicators of development). The examples of training organization using the potential of a seminar, role‐playing and business games, team building and teamwork, etc. are provided. On the basis of the conducted research, the conclusion was formulated that the development of HR managers’ psychological and pedagogical competence in the framework of corporate training is possible, if its theoretical foundations are substantiated, and the specifics of the implementation of this pedagogical condition is clearly defined, as well as the appropriate organizational forms of learning and teaching methods are chosen.

Perpetuating corridor conservation: Using public perception to advance big game management

AbstractNatural and anthropogenic disturbances may threaten big game migration. Migration corridors span both biophysical and jurisdictional barriers, which create challenges for effective species conservation. Though corridor conservation in the Intermountain West of the United States gained traction with the 2018 Secretarial Order that directed the U.S. Department of the Interior to enhance habitat quality within big game winter ranges and identify priority migration corridors in the western U.S., public support and active policies at sub regional scales remain polarized. We surveyed registered voters in Wyoming, USA, to assess perspectives and preferences to conserve land and habitat for big game migration. We used online focus groups and phone surveys to assess attitudes and opinions specific to support for policies that conserve migrations, the believability of interest groups, and the efficacy of conservation messaging frames. Our results show that Wyoming voters favored policies that benefit both humans and big game, associated higher credibility with state agencies than federal agencies, and found messages that specify human‐centered benefits most compelling. We assessed beliefs across demographics, such as political ideology, but found few significant differences. Our work provides insight into dynamic perspectives and preferences for big game corridor conservation among critically affected public, which can aid future research and engagement to advance big game management.

Research on the Influencing Factors of the ESports Being an Intense Societal Debated Topic

In recent years, the number of spectators has propelled the eSports industry's growth. However, no matter how popular it is, for many people, esports is still a pretentious word for video games and electric games with the addition of "competition". This lousy perception stems from outdated gaming venue clichs and a lack of understanding of the gaming business. What is eSports? How did eSports become such a prevalent issue in modern society? This paper mainly discusses how eSports has emerged and become an increasingly popular topic of discussion and interest, so as to offer some references of future studies about eSports industry.

GAME TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN AT RISK: BENEFITS AND DIFFICULTIES

The problem of using effective forms and methods of working with children at risk is relevant today. The purpose of the article is aimed at revealing the peculiarities of using game technologies in working with children at risk and separation of advantages and difficulties of their use at the present stage. To solve this goal, methods of analysis of literary sources, synthesis and generalization for clarification of key concepts of research, comparison of scientific approaches to the problem were used. Revealing the content of the key concept, it was concluded that children of the risk group is an unprotected social category of population, which are in difficult life circumstances, which prevents them from successfully socializing in society. Having studied the variety of approaches to the classification of children at risk, the division of children with a deviation in the distortion of moral standards and children, with deviations in the emotional and volitional spheres was taken. Determining the role of play in the socialization and development of children in the study presented the definition of "game technologies" as a set of forms, means, techniques of use of play in work with children. The most effective game technologies in social work with children at risk are investigated. Considering the subject of the stated problem, the peculiarities of the use of business game technology, technology of designing creative affairs, technology of plot and role-playing game and table technology are revealed. Based on the theoretical study, the advantages and difficulties of using game technologies in working with children at risk have been identified. Among the advantages of using game technologies in working with children at risk is: variability of game technologies; effectiveness of using game technologies with children at risk; interest and active participation of children in games; establishment of informal relationships between the participants of the game, the closeness of the game to living conditions. Among the difficulties is: the inappropriateness of using a particular game technology in a particular situation; the need for high preparedness of social workers during the game; creating a safe and favorable space for playing.

Analysis of Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Base on Precedent Transaction Analysiss

The global video game industry, with its considerable market share attributed to console games, has long been dominated by three primary players: Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, and Nintendo's Switch.Three major companies have long controlled the worldwide video game business: Microsoft's Xbox, Sony's PlayStation, and Nintendo's Switch. Console games account for a large portion of this market. Activision Blizzard, a game publisher, significantly relies on these platforms inside this structure, earning significant income and profit from marquee brands like Call of Duty, Warcraft, and Diablo. In a game-changing move, Microsoft declared its intention to purchase Activision Blizzard in January 2022, a momentous development that may fundamentally alter the gaming industry. The $95 per share acquisition is presently the subject of intense antitrust investigation by international regulatory agencies, with UK's Competition and Markets Authority raising concerns about the merger's impact on both the console and cloud gaming industries. This article uses precedent case analyze method to estimate potential enterprise value post-acquisition. The case being studied is the acquisition of Zynga by Take-two Interactive in January 2022.