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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.