PLAYING GAMES AT WORKMany companies nowadays are finding that playing games can stages beneficial to their executives.Although (31) are certainly plenty of opportunities to play management games, it should not be thought that this is because business people are light-hearted. They are often quite (32) opposite, in fact. With all the pressures of modern business life, many people do not have the opportunity to relax. Games can allow individual self-expression and give business people the time (33) explore practical issues.Many team-based games take place outside. Here, the facilitators try to bring out issues of team communication, strategy and working style. Board games are also popular. In most of (34) teams are required to manage an organisation or practice skills which they will need in their day-to-day working life.At a different level, there are inter-company games in (35) teams from a range of organisations and industries come together in friendly competition. The teams never actually meet, but they are kept in touch with (36) well they are doing by the same organisers. Part of the attraction of this type of game is that (37) provides companies with the opportunity to let their learns build business awareness in a fairly realistic environment.(38) the object of the exercise is, as always, to maximise profits, the real benefit comes from the interaction within the team. There might even be some useful business lessons (39) well. Perhaps the most significant aspect (40) all, though, is that business games give workers permission simply to play. 34（）