The Usage Of System Dynamics In Organizational Interventions
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The Usage Of System Dynamics In Organizational Interventions
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Author : Birgitte Snabe
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-11-30
The Usage Of System Dynamics In Organizational Interventions written by Birgitte Snabe and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with Business & Economics categories.
Birgitte Snabe analyzes how system dynamics modeling can be used in learning processes that focus on the transfer of the insights and reasoning behind a strategy forming process. In a second step, she shows how it can support the refining of implementation plans. A case study in action research tradition completes the theoretical discussions. Its subject is the building up of a large international company’s R&D resources in low-cost countries.
Simulation Modelling Of A Shift To Service Based Offerings
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Author : Raphael Wasserbaur
language : en
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
Release Date : 2020-12-21
Simulation Modelling Of A Shift To Service Based Offerings written by Raphael Wasserbaur and has been published by Linköping University Electronic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-21 with categories.
The unsustainable levels of resource use and emissions of our economies and their threat to future generations are core issues of our time. The circular economy (CE) conceptualises a different type of economy that is restorative and regenerative by design and aims to keep products, components and materials at their highest utility and value at all times, distinguishing between technical and biological cycles. The novelty of the CE requires the development of new analytical tools and methods as well as ways of thinking to understand its consequences. This research summarises four years of research on the topic of systems analysis and simulation modelling in the domain of the CE. Three topics were of major interest: First, what are the resource efficiency implications of a shift toward a CE? Second, what are the operational implications of a shift to a CE? And finally, how can systemic changes towards a CE be understood and planned? Four studies were conducted addressing the three research questions. The first study applies material flow analysis to a washing machine manufacturer case and looks at how different business models affect the resource flows of critical resources. It finds that service-based offerings lead to higher overall resource efficiency. The second study focuses on the implications of CE initiatives on the maintenance activities of a heat-as-a-service provider. It shows that the shift to service-based offerings requires service providers to face worse-before-better situations where long-term benefits offset short-term disadvantages. The third study is a simulation-based case study of laundry practices in Sweden. It compares a sharing economy scenario where a population shares washing machines with a scenario where the majority of people own the washing machines they are using. The results indicate that in Sweden and Europe in general, sharing has significant resource savings potential in the domestic laundry sector. The fourth study is a conceptualisation of design fixation to higher levels of analysis. It identifies examples of fixations on the organisational and institutional level. In addition, it argues that in order to design sustainable sociotechnical systems, aspects like governmental policies and business models need to be considered design parameters. A shift to a CE needs to happen on many levels of society. This research presents simulation models that can support corporate and political decision makers in the shift to a CE. It shows that in order to understand the CE, the analysis has to be, on the one hand, able to simulate system dynamics, and on the other hand connect the multiple levels of society. De ohållbara nivåerna av resursutnyttjande och utsläpp av våra ekonomier och deras hot mot framtida generationer är en av dagens nyckelutmaningar. Cirkulär ekonomi (CE) är en konceptualisering av en ny typ av ekonomi som är baserad på återställande och regenerativ design, som siktar på att behålla nyttan och värdet så högt som möjligt i produkter, komponenter och material, indelad i deras teknologiska och biologiska cykler. Nymodigheten av CE erfordrar utvecklingen av nya analytiska verktyg och metoder så väl som annorlunda sätt att tänka för att förstå dess konsekvenser. Den här rapporten summerar fyra år av forskning på ämnet systemanalys och simulationsmodellering i domänen av CE. Tre ämnen var av högt intresse. Vilka är de miljömässiga konsekvenserna av ett skifte till CE? Vilka är de operationella konsekvenserna av ett skifte till CE? Hur kan den systematiska förändringen till en CE bli planerad och förstådd? Vi utförde fyra studier för att undersöka de tre frågorna. Första artikeln använder materialflödesanalys i en fallstudie på en tvättmaskinstillverkare, och undersöker hur olika affärsmodeller påverkar flödet av kritiska resurser. Den visar att erbjudande baserade på service leder till en högre övergripande resurseffektivitet. Den andra artikeln fokuserar på implikationerna av CE initiativ på underhållsaktiviteter för en värme-som-tjänst-distributör. Den visar att skiftet till en CE kräver att möta sämre-innan-bättre-situationer där långsiktiga fördelar kompenserar för kortsiktiga nackdelar. Tredje artikeln är en simulationsbaserad fallstudie på tvättvanor i Sverige. Det jämför ett delningsekonomiscenario där en population delar tvättmaskiner mot ett scenario där majoriteten av population är ägare av egna tvättmaskiner. Resultaten indikerar att det finns en signifikant besparingspotential av resurser både i Sverige och i Europa generellt. Fjärde artikeln är en konceptualisering av design fixation till högre analytiska nivåer. Den identifierar exempel på fixation på en organisationell och en institutionell nivå. Utöver det så argumenteras det att i design av hållbara sociotekniska system aspekter som myndighetspolicyers och affärsmodeller behöver vara designparameter. CE är ett koncept som finns i många nivåer av samhället från produktdesign till myndighetspolicyers. Det här forskning presenterar simulationsmodeller som kan stödja affärsmässiga och politiska beslutsfattare inom skiftet till en CE. Denna uppsats visar att för att förstå CE, så måste analysen dels kunna simulera systemdynamik, samt dels koppla till de multipla nivåerna i samhället. Der hohe Ressourcenverbrauch und das hohe Emissionsniveau, die mit der westlichen Lebensweise einhergehen sind ein Hauptproblem unserer Zeit. Die Kreislaufwirtschaft (zu englisch „circular economy“) ist ein alternatives Wirtschaftsmodel, das darauf abzielt, den Wert von Produkten, Komponenten und Materialien über deren Lebenszeit zu erhalten. Die relative Neuheit dieses Wirtschaftsmodels erfordert es, neue analytische Methoden, Werkzeuge und Denkweisen zu entwickeln. Diese Doktorarbeit umfasst vier Jahre Forschung an den Themen Systemanalyse und Simulationsmodellierung im Bereich der Kreislaufwirtschaft. Drei Fragen standen im Zentrum: Erstens, welche Auswirkungen hat ein Wechsel zur Kreislaufwirtschaft auf die Ressourceneffizienz? Zweitens, welche Auswirkungen hat ein Wechsel von produzierenden Unternehmen zur Kreislaufwirtschaft auf deren Betriebsführung? Drittens, wie können die notwendigen systemischen Veränderungen verstanden und geplant werden. Diese Dissertation basiert auf vier Studien, die unterschiedliche Aspekte eines gesellschaftlichen Wandels zur Kreislaufwirtschaft beleuchten. Die erste Studie ist eine Materialflussanalyse, die die Ressourceneffizienz unterschiedlicher Geschäftsmodelle eines Waschmaschinenherstellers vergleicht. Dabei stellt sich heraus, dass servicebasierte Angebote zu einer erhöhten Ressourceneffizienz führen können. Die zweite Studie untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Umstellung auf Heat-as-a-Service-Angebote aus der Sicht eines Heizgeräteherstellers und dessen Betriebsführung. Die Studie zeigt, dass der Hersteller in Situation gerät, in der kurzfristige erhöhte Kosten mit langfristigen Prozessverbesserungen und geringeren Instandhaltungskosten abgewogen werden müssen. Als drittes wird eine Simulationsstudie präsentiert, in der die Wäschepraxis in Schweden im Fokus steht. Mehrere Szenarien werden verglichen, in denen die Bevölkerung dazu übergeht, Gemeinschaftswaschküchen anstatt eigener Haushaltwaschmaschinen zu verwenden. Die Simulationsergebnisse zeigen, dass, falls umgesetzt in großen Teilen der Bevölkerung, diese Sharing Economy-Praxis ein großes Potential zur Einsparung von Ressourcen hat. In der vierten Studie wird das Konzept der „design fixation“ als mögliche Ursache für die Trägheit unserer gesellschaftlichen Systeme festgemacht. Design fixation als Phänomen beschreibt das Festhalten eines Designers an bestehenden Ideen und Konzepten, das das Endergebnis des Designprozesses einschränkt. Diese vierte Studie liefert eine Einschätzung des Einflusses von design fixation auf den Ressourcenverbrauch in sociotechnischen Systemen. Eine Umstellung zur Kreislaufwirtschaft bedeutet ein Wandel auf mehreren Ebenen der Gesellschaft. Die Komplexität dieses alternativen Wirtschaftsmodells, erfordert die Verwendung adäquater Modelle, die in der Lage sind, Gesellschaftsebenen kausal zu verknüpfen, und die entsprechenden Systemdynamiken zu simulieren. In dieser Doktorarbeit werden mehrere Simulationsmodelle präsentiert, die für Entscheidungsträger in Politik und Industrie nützlich sind, um die Kreislaufwirtschaft in ihrem Milieu besser verstehen zu können.
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook Of The Psychology Of Leadership Change And Organizational Development
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Author : H. Skipton Leonard
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2016-09-06
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook Of The Psychology Of Leadership Change And Organizational Development written by H. Skipton Leonard and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-06 with Psychology categories.
A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of leadership, change and OD Puts cutting-edge evidence at the fingertips of organizational psychology practitioners who need it most, but who do not always have the time or resources to keep up with scholarly research Thematic chapters cover leadership and employee well-being, organizational creativity and innovation, positive psychology and Appreciative Inquiry, and leadership-culture fit Contributors include David Cooperrider, Manfred Kets de Vries, Emma Donaldson-Feilder, Staale Einarsen, David Day, Beverley Alimo-Metcalfe, Michael Chaskalson and Bernard Burnes
Organization Development
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Author : Julie Hodges
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-02-08
Organization Development written by Julie Hodges and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-08 with Business & Economics categories.
This engaging and accessible textbook shows the importance and role of organizational development around the world, within the context of organizational change. Fostering an analytic approach to organizational issues, it charts the evolution of the field and shows how today OD fosters organizational effectiveness and individual wellbeing. Firmly grounded in a global perspective, it provides a contemporary analysis of OD and highlights the key diagnostic and intervention techniques that can be used to build organizational effectiveness. With a range of critical perspectives, skills development exercises, and practitioner insight, this book blends theory and practice to show OD's conceptualization and its application to contemporary issues faced by organizations. Suitable for upper undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA level, this is the ideal textbook for anyone studying organizational development.
Agent Based Modeling Of Environmental Conflict And Cooperation
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Author : Todd BenDor
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2018-10-12
Agent Based Modeling Of Environmental Conflict And Cooperation written by Todd BenDor and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-12 with Law categories.
Conflict is a major facet of many environmental challenges of our time. However, growing conflict complexity makes it more difficult to identify win-win strategies for sustainable conflict resolution. Innovative methods are needed to help predict, understand, and resolve conflicts in cooperative ways. Agent-Based Modeling of Environmental Conflict and Cooperation examines computer modeling techniques as an important set of tools for assessing environmental and resource-based conflicts and, ultimately, for finding pathways to conflict resolution and cooperation. This book has two major goals. First, it argues that complexity science can be a unifying framework for professions engaged in conflict studies and resolution, including anthropology, law, management, peace studies, urban planning, and geography. Second, this book presents an innovative framework for approaching conflicts as complex adaptive systems by using many forms of environmental analysis, including system dynamics modeling, agent-based modeling, evolutionary game theory, viability theory, and network analysis. Known as VIABLE (Values and Investments from Agent-Based interaction and Learning in Environmental systems), this framework allows users to model advanced facets of conflicts—including institution building, coalition formation, adaptive learning, and the potential for future conflict—and conflict resolution based on the long-term viability of the actors’ strategies. Written for scholars, students, practitioners, and policy makers alike, this book offers readers an extensive introduction to environmental conflict research and resolution techniques. As the result of decades of research, the text presents a strong argument for conflict modeling and reviews the most popular and advanced techniques, including system dynamics modeling, agent-based modeling, and participatory modeling methods. This indispensable guide uses NetLogo, a widely used and free modeling software package, to implement the VIABLE modeling approach in three case study applications around the world. Readers are invited to explore, adapt, modify, and expand these models to conflicts they hope to better understand and resolve.
E Collaboration Technologies And Organizational Performance Current And Future Trends
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Author : Kock, Ned
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2010-12-31
E Collaboration Technologies And Organizational Performance Current And Future Trends written by Kock, Ned and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-31 with Computers categories.
"This book reviews recent advances in the e-collaboration discipline with a focus on virtual teams, firm performance, social capital formation, and Web-based communities"--Provided by publisher.
The Sage Handbook Of Complexity And Management
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Author : Peter Allen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2011-03-18
The Sage Handbook Of Complexity And Management written by Peter Allen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-18 with Business & Economics categories.
The SAGE Handbook of Complexity and Management is the first substantive scholarly work to provide a map of the state of art research in the growing field emerging at the intersection of complexity science and management studies. Edited and written by internationally respected scholars from management and related disciplines, the Handbook will be the definitive reference source for understanding the implications of complexity science for management research and practice. Part One: Foundations introduces complexity science and its implications for the foundations of scientific knowledge, including management knowledge. Part Two: Applications presents the numerous ways in which complexity science models and tools, as well as complexity thinking, are being applied to management and organizational phenomena and the insights gained as a result. Part Three: Interfaces highlights how complexity science is transforming various non-management fields and, in so doing, creating exciting interfaces for bridging between management and related disciplines.
Social Cultural And Behavioral Modeling
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Author : Robert Thomson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-10-10
Social Cultural And Behavioral Modeling written by Robert Thomson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-10 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2020, which was planned to take place in Washington, DC, USA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online during October 18–21, 2020. The 33 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. A wide number of disciplines are represented including computer science, psychology, sociology, communication science, public health, bioinformatics, political science, and organizational science. Numerous types of computational methods are used, such as machine learning, language technology, social network analysis and visualization, agent-based simulation, and statistics.
Systemic Cross Sectoral Or Regulatory Interventions To Improve Population Nutrition And Related Global Health Challenges
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Author : Bai Li
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2024-01-08
Systemic Cross Sectoral Or Regulatory Interventions To Improve Population Nutrition And Related Global Health Challenges written by Bai Li and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-08 with Medical categories.
Business Dynamics In Information Technology
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Author : Gottschalk, Petter
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2007-03-31
Business Dynamics In Information Technology written by Gottschalk, Petter and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-31 with Computers categories.
Emerging business models, value configurations, and information technologies interact over time to create competitive advantage. Modern information technology has to be studied, understood, and applied along the time dimension of months and years, where changes are the rule. Such changes created by interactions between business elements and resources are very well suited for system dynamics modeling. Business Dynamics in Information Technology presents business-technology alignment processes, business-technology interaction processes, and business-technology decision processes, serving the purpose of helping the reader study information technology from a dynamic, rather than a static, perspective. By introducing two simple tools from system dynamic modeling - causal loops and reference modes - the dynamic perspective will become important to both students and practitioners in the future.