A number of commentators have proposed adapting elements derived from game mechanics to workplaces, to motivate employees via techniques that, the argument goes, have proven successful in a videogame context, and thus may have wider motivational applications. This general strategy has become...

Immanuel Kant's categorical imperative, stating (in one formulation) that one ought to always act according to a maxim that can be made universal law, is tempting to proceduralize, in the form of a game that literally turns actions into universal laws. This paper explores difficulties that...

WHEN MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES gathered in September in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the effectiveness of the $100-billion-a-year international aid business, one topic permeated nearly all the discussions: capacity development. This article looks at the changing approach to capacity development in...

Ensuring the interoperability of products can be critical to the success of many industries, in particular to encourage the rapid uptake of new technologies.

Objectives: We aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing, within Australian general practice, an innovative disease management program for hypertension. The central platform of this program is an information communication technology package for risk assessment and management, access to a...