Management and Labour Organisation in the Video Game Industry - 'the Crunch'

Merey Tilepbergen

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The thesis aims to investigate the issues of human resource management and labour organisation raised by practices in the video game industry. Specifically, the thesis focuses on the practice of 'the crunch', a period of intensified work in the period immediately before the release of games, in which games designers are frequently expected to work long hours under intense pressure. This practice is relatively normalised, even celebrated, but raises obvious questions of labour exploitation, leadership and strategic management. The thesis will employ case study analysis to investigate the issues raised by the 'crunch', using the example of the company Naughty Dog company and its game Uncharted 4. Data will be obtained through secondary information sources, primarily media reports due to low research concentration on this topic. The work aims to understand the concept of unpaid imposed overtime work, and tries to justify them according to management practices.

Keywords

crunch, overtime, planning, vision, budget, management

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 3. 12. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 6. 2. 2025
• Vedoucí: Daniel Rosenhaft Swain, Ph.D. MA
• Oponent: Julita Skotarska, Ing., externi

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program:
Business Administration