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Games People Play in context to Projects

Games People Play in context to Projects:


Contextually life and projects full of games, work on dynamics of human relationships by Dr. Eric Berne guides us not only in many social but relationship situations in corporate world also. In Todays concurrent world where we are living in a global village with Orkut, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and other social media leads to discounts of information in social network, where more of transactional games played knowingly(conscious) or unknowingly(unconscious).


Precede to this let us understand game, A game full of transactions played with different roles by players changing their roles for a outcome in different ego states like Parent, Adult and Child ego states that will payoff. 




Continuing with Payoff, specifically in context to Project teams where transactions happen at concrete or transformational levels where people not necessarily behaving rationally and motivations are not known. These "Transactions" can be used for motives of projects it may be team structure, driving change, transition, motivation, team building, persuasion etc. for project completion payoff and many intangible results yield.




Games in corporate world specifically to a company played in a subtle way which company also wants to utilize to improve communication and have hierarchy in place to achieve said goals and objectives. There are roles played by individuals it may be passive , active or away from office politics. One can have whatever stance it may be but not necessarily to be part of these to achieve desired results, Since winner in general will be a in an adult ego state which is attained in case of objective individual. But industry often driven from outside-in by ways and means so Games are part of life one should enjoy playing games instead focusing on outcomes.








P.S: Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships is a 1964 bestselling book by psychiatrist Eric Berne. Since its publication it has sold more than five million copies. The book describes both functional and dysfunctional social interactions.






Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis.           Scripts People Live: Transactional Analysis of Life Scripts      


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