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SimWord of the Day: Ownership
Wed Apr 26 2006
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Seven years from now, when we look back at educational simulations , we will see quite a few themes that are used and adapted across multiple examples and even genres, just as much as weapons and vehicles have proliferated in computer games .
Seven years from now, when we look back at educational simulations, we will see quite a few themes that are used and adapted across multiple examples and even genres, just as much as weapons and vehicles have proliferated in computer games.
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One such theme that will be used, and ultimately standardized in its depiction, will be ownership .
One such theme that will be used, and ultimately standardized in its depiction, will be ownership.
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There are so many flavors of ownership across enterprises.
There are so many flavors of ownership across enterprises.
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Just to rattle of a few:
Just to rattle of a few:
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Ownership of clients
Ownership of clients
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Ownership of ideas
Ownership of ideas
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Ownership of team
Ownership of team
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Ownership of employees
Ownership of employees
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Ownership of a cell phone
Ownership of a cell phone
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Ownership of managers
Ownership of managers
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Ownership of projects
Ownership of projects
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Ownership of territories
Ownership of territories
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Ownership of ownership of organizations
Ownership of ownership of organizations
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Ownership of company
Ownership of company
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Ownership of deliverable
Ownership of deliverable
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Ownership of your own time
Ownership of your own time
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I know the concept of ownership will proliferate in educational simulations because:
I know the concept of ownership will proliferate in educational simulations because:
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Ownership require finesses. If you have too much ownership, you loose support and buy-in, and you may define the opportunity too narrowly. But if you have too little ownership, you loose control and accountability.
Ownership require finesses. If you have too much ownership, you loose support and buy-in, and you may define the opportunity too narrowly. But if you have too little ownership, you loose control and accountability.
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Ownership is a classic " fourth paradox " skill, easy to describe and challenging to appropriately apply.
Ownership is a classic "fourth paradox" skill, easy to describe and challenging to appropriately apply.
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Ownership of something with actuator properties involves trade-offs and benefits
Ownership of something with actuator properties involves trade-offs and benefits
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Ownership often requires indirect influence, something that works well for simulations.
Ownership often requires indirect influence, something that works well for simulations.
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The nuance of ownership is not handled in traditional formal learning programs, in part because it can't.
The nuance of ownership is not handled in traditional formal learning programs, in part because it can't.
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Ownership can also be depicted graphically nicely, even if real-life isn't so clean.
Ownership can also be depicted graphically nicely, even if real-life isn't so clean.
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And finally, the notions of both increasing and decreasing ownership is critical in all big skills .
And finally, the notions of both increasing and decreasing ownership is critical in all big skills.
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George Orwell wrote about how not having a word limits one's ability to think about the topic. Ownership today might be an unskill, a concept that we can't get a handle on because the definitions are so vague and we apply them so irregularly as to seldom learn to master them. Hopefully, that will change.
George Orwell wrote about how not having a word limits one's ability to think about the topic. Ownership today might be an unskill, a concept that we can't get a handle on because the definitions are so vague and we apply them so irregularly as to seldom learn to master them. Hopefully, that will change.