Glossary Term
Gaming the system
Gaming the system in healthcare and public administration
- Bevan and Hood (2006) discuss the influence of targets on gaming in the English public health care system.
- Morreim (1991) examines how individuals dodge the rules and rule the Dodgers in gaming the healthcare system.
- Regis (2005) questions whether physicians who game the system can be seen as modern-day Robin Hoods.
- McKenzie (2009) presents a school district's solution to low test scores that may be seen as pragmatism or gaming the system.
- Ziewitz (2019) discusses the ethical work of optimization in web search engines and its relation to gaming in public administration.
Gaming the system in education
- Kralovec and Buell (2005) discuss the impact of high-stakes testing and homework on gaming the education system.
- Rieley (2000) explores the possibility of employees gaming the system in educational institutions.
- Figlio and Getzler (2002) explore the relationship between accountability, ability, and disability in gaming the system.
- Morreim (1991) examines how individuals dodge the rules and rule the Dodgers in gaming the education system.
Gaming the system in gaming
- 'The irrational guide to gaming the system' provides insights into gaming strategies.
- Mind Hacks (2007) offers tips and tricks for gaming the system in the gaming industry.
- Rieley (2000) explores the possibility of employees gaming the system in the gaming industry.
Gaming the system in various fields
- Mankin (2009) explores how Afghan opium underpins local power in gaming the system.
- Ziewitz (2019) discusses the ethical work of optimization in web search engines and its relation to gaming in various fields.
- Regis (2005) questions whether physicians who game the system can be seen as modern-day Robin Hoods.
- McKenzie (2009) presents a school district's solution to low test scores that may be seen as pragmatism or gaming the system.
- Morreim (1991) examines how individuals dodge the rules and rule the Dodgers in gaming various systems.
Other examples of gaming the system
- Henry Paulson identified the financial crisis of 2007-08 as a result of gaming the regulatory system through regulatory arbitrage.
- Corporate rating systems can be gamed when formalization and transparency are combined.
- Online community designers are warned to anticipate and prevent gaming of the system by considering unintended behaviors.
- Parental divisions in child-rearing create opportunities for children to play one parent against the other.
- NHS dentistry in the UK frequently sees gaming the system through adapting treatment to the payment system.
- Eric Berne identified gaming the system in a clinical context as the game of Psychiatry.
- Patients may choose weak psychoanalysts to learn and play a sharper game.
- Confusion arises between gaming the system and working the system, with the former having a negative connotation.
- Gaming the system implies pursuing specific goals that do not align with the rest of a set of goals.
- Gaming the system occurs when there is a perceived conflict between goals.