Management and Gaming: The Relationship between Strategy and Strength

Management and Gaming: The Relationship between Strategy and Strength

Discussion on the relationship between management and games

Nishio, Tachikawa, and the other men exchange ideas about scheduling and replaying wargames, as well as about the relationship between mahjong and management.

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Nishio: Tachikawa-san kind of went silent, though.

Tachikawa: They are just silent because they talk too much.

Male Y: (laughs)

Nishio: The first thing I want to confirm is what is going on with regard to today's time schedule?

Tachikawa: Oh, almost perfect. You just somewhat put an end to the discussion, didn't you?

Nishio: Yes.

Tachikawa: So my plan is to have one last wargame and end at 9:00.

Male Y: Oh, I see.

Nishio: He said he would do it one more time at the end.

Tachikawa: Then doesn't it feel kind of good? Don't you want to try it again in this situation?

All: (laughs)

Nishio: We were talking about something that seemed to be rather business management 01:47:05 〓 but we could have been talking about how to win a wargame, and then I would like to try it again. 〓01:47:13〓Because we were even talking about the need to talk about it up to 〓01:47:13〓as a strategy.

Tachikawa: That's right. When I played with Mr. Nishida, I felt that a person who is a strong wargamer is a stronger manager than a person who is a strong mahjong player. Can someone who is a strong mahjong player be a strong manager? I am almost certain that a manager is a strong mahjong player. I am not a good mahjong player. Actually.

Man X: I'm weak at mahjong too.

Tachikawa: They are very weak.

Man X: Yes, that's right.

Tachikawa: I thought it would be better to be stronger somehow.

Male X: I don't know about that.

Nishio: It's not about getting stronger at mahjong, it's about getting stronger at management.

Tachikawa: I hope that mahjong will become stronger as a result. My objective is to become stronger in management.

Nishio: I wonder, isn't it still about acting confidently in a situation of uncertainty and circumstance? Mahjong, too.

Tachikawa: Ah.

Nishio: It's like bluffing in poker. Pretending to have a strong hand even if you don't have a hand in.

Man X: Oh, I see.

Nishio: In situations where it is more advantageous to pretend to have a strong hand, you pretend to have a strong hand regardless of whether the actual hand is strong or weak. You have to separate the two, don't you?

Tachikawa: Yes, yes, yes. Then let's do one last time.

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