Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach

Cooperation among stakeholders is widely accepted as an effective management strategy. This paper describes an experimentalstudy that explores this cooperation using role-playing games, which is formulated within a multiagent simulation framework. This framework enables participants to take active r...

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Autores principales: Purnomo, H., Guizol, P., Mendoza, G.A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20003
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author Purnomo, H.
Guizol, P.
Mendoza, G.A.
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description Cooperation among stakeholders is widely accepted as an effective management strategy. This paper describes an experimentalstudy that explores this cooperation using role-playing games, which is formulated within a multiagent simulation framework. This framework enables participants to take active roles in mimicking the collaborative decision environment and the behaviors and attitudes of the different stakeholders. The paper examines a forest plantation company in South Sumatra, Indonesia, which has cooperated with local communities since 2000. The experimental pilot study described in this paper explored the role of communication in partnership relationships between the company and the local communities living within and around the surroundings of the company’s plantation. These partnerships were explored and analyzed using the gaming approach involving university students taking the role of forest stakeholders, from both the timber company and the local communities. Lessons learned fromthe game provided the rationale for the establishment of a communication institution called “Forum Sebahu Sejalan.” This formal forum was constituted after a facilitated ex-postinteraction between representatives from the timber company and local communities. Results and observations drawn from the interactions show the potentials of the RPG approach and the formal forum in crafting resilient partnerships among stakeholders.
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spelling CGSpace200032025-01-24T14:11:59Z Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach Purnomo, H. Guizol, P. Mendoza, G.A. forest plantations timber local communities partnerships Cooperation among stakeholders is widely accepted as an effective management strategy. This paper describes an experimentalstudy that explores this cooperation using role-playing games, which is formulated within a multiagent simulation framework. This framework enables participants to take active roles in mimicking the collaborative decision environment and the behaviors and attitudes of the different stakeholders. The paper examines a forest plantation company in South Sumatra, Indonesia, which has cooperated with local communities since 2000. The experimental pilot study described in this paper explored the role of communication in partnership relationships between the company and the local communities living within and around the surroundings of the company’s plantation. These partnerships were explored and analyzed using the gaming approach involving university students taking the role of forest stakeholders, from both the timber company and the local communities. Lessons learned fromthe game provided the rationale for the establishment of a communication institution called “Forum Sebahu Sejalan.” This formal forum was constituted after a facilitated ex-postinteraction between representatives from the timber company and local communities. Results and observations drawn from the interactions show the potentials of the RPG approach and the formal forum in crafting resilient partnerships among stakeholders. 2009 2012-06-04T09:12:56Z 2012-06-04T09:12:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20003 en Purnomo, H., Guizol, P., Mendoza, G.A. 2009. Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach . International Journal of Forestry Research 2009 ISSN: 1687-9368.
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Guizol, P.
Mendoza, G.A.
Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
title Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
title_full Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
title_fullStr Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
title_full_unstemmed Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
title_short Exploring partnerships between local communities and timber companies: an experiment using the role-playing games approach
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topic forest plantations
timber
local communities
partnerships
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20003
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