The textbook “Social Technologies: Business Games” is a reflection of knowledge on the theory of gaming social technologies and guidelines for applying the game situation method. The course “Social Technologies: Business Games” is designed in such a way that students address the same topic almost three times, but from different positions: from the position of the teacher in lectures; from the position of a researcher at seminars; from the position of a practitioner in practical classes; at the same time, their independence and originality are encouraged. The discipline “Social technologies: business games” is intended for training direction 521500 “Management” and corresponds to the state standard of higher professional education for general professional disciplines (OPD.V) - disciplines and courses of students’ choice, established by the university.