Conference Proceedings
The 12th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society
1994 Stirling, Scotland
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PAPER INDEX - listed alphabetically by first author:
Ackermann, Fran with Terry M. Williams, Colin Eden, Andrew J. Tate Using Cognitive Mapping to Develop a
Large System Dynamics Model
Akkermans, Henk with Jacqueline Bosker Design Guidelines for Participative
Business Modelling
Allaway, Arthur W. with Giles D'Sousa Feedback and Control in a Product
Portfolio Management Model
Alm, Irma Managerial Conflicts in Social
System: The Ignored Significance of Ethics and Values
Anderson, David F. with George P. Richardson Scripts for GroupsModel
Building
Anderson, David F. with Terrence A. Maxwell, George P. Richardson, Thomas R. Stewart Mental Models and Dynamic Decision
Making in a Simulation of Welfare Reform
Andrade, Hugo S. with Alvaro Ramirez G, Ana C. Uloa Q, Sofia Uloa Q System Dynamics applied to Analysis
Modeling and Simulation of Chain Growth Polymerization Process
Antunes, Paula with Rui Santos, Luis Jordao, Helder Alves, Joao Pedro Rodrigigues ECOMAN - An Environmental Management
Simulation Game
Bajpai, A. K. with P. C. T. Willey A Dynamic Model of Quality Cost and
Benefits Systems for Design Quality
Barlas, Yaman Defining System Dynamics Education
Barlas, Yaman Model Validation in System Dynamics
Bar-Nahor, Ronen with Chanoch Jacobsen Introducing MIS: A Process of
Directed Organization Change
Barnes, Jeremy with Fraser Burton, Ian Hawker, Michael H Lyons Scenario Modeling of Demand for
Future Telecommunications Services
Barrett, M. A. with B. Crellin Illusion and Reality: A Systemic
Approach to Management Development Workshops.
Barton, John The Management of Urban Water
Services - A study in Long - Term Institutional Dynamics
Baugh, P. J. with D. M. Walters The Introduction of Hospital
Information System - The Necessity for Accommodation
Bell, G. A. with J. O. Jenkins Investigation Software project
Resource Planning: An outline of a Proposed Multiple Case Study Research
Approach
Bentham, J. B. with A. G. de Visscher Systems Thinking and its Influence
on Operational Culture
Bernstien, Dan S. Dynamics of New York City Court System
Bernstien, Dan S. with George P. Richardson, Thomas R Stewarts A Pocket Model of Global Warming for
Policy and Scientific Debate
Bisht, B. S. with K. C. Sahu, K. Vizayakumar A System Dynamics Model of Soybean
Production in India
Breiter, Andres with Edoardo Mollona Dynamics of Management Development
and Enterprise In Eastern
Europe
Brocklesby, John Strategic Cultural Interventions in
Systems Science - Examining the Prospects for the Further Development of
Methodological Complementarism
Byrne, S. J. with L. Roberts Efficient Parts Supply: Influence of
Information Flows
Chung, IK Jae with Dong Hwan Kim The Paradox of Rational Policies and
Irrational Outcomes: A Case of Unexpected Policy Performance Caused by
Information Delay
Cooper, J. F. S. with J O Chester, R Y Cavana A Policy Making Framework for the New Zealand
Wine Industry
Corben, David A. Integrating Archetypes and Generic
Models into a Framework for Model Conceptualisation
Crespo Marques, Adolfo with Ruiz Usano Learning Maintenance Management through
System Dynamics: A Continuous Improvement Process
Dangerfield, Brain with Carole Roberts Projecting Model
Behavior in the Absence of a Model: Results of a survey
Davidsen, Pal Perspectives on Teaching System
Dynamics:
Coupling structure and behavior, annotating simulations, and supporting Just In Time Open Learning (JITOL)
Davidsen, Pal with Magne Myrtveit Der Rutli Management Simulator - a
new concept in system dynamics based management fight simulators
Davidsen, Pal Possibilities and Challenges for
System Dynamics Research and Education in Europe
Davis, Andrew The Applications of System Dynamics
to Re-Engineering Career Plans
Deakins, Eric with Graham Winch Helping Not-for-Profit Enterprises
Become More “Business-Like”: A Learning Organization Approach
Demay, Thierry with Christian de Cock Information, System, Hence,
Information System: The case for Ontological and Epistemological "depth"
Dhillon, Gurpreet with James Backhouse Responsibility Analysis: A Basis for
Understanding Complex Managerial Situations
Di Stefano, Julia M. Feedback and Breakdowns as
Breakthroughs in Dyadic Communications
Doman, Andrew with Maurice Glucksman, Nathaniel Mass, Michael Sasportes The Dynamics of Managing a Life Insurance Company
Donhoff, Hans-Ulrich Systems for Modeling and Simulating in Schools
Drew, Donald R. Modeling Infrastructure Induced
Development at National and Regional Levels
Dyner, Isaac with Antonio Quintero A System Dynamics Model to Evaluate
Policies on Institutional Decentralization and Community Participation
Evans, G. N. with M. M. Naim The Dynamics of Capacity Constrained
Supply Chains
Fisher, Diana M. Teaching System Dynamics to Teachers
and Students in 8-12 Environment
Frances, Carol with Marshall Van Alstyne, Art Ashton, Thomas Hochstettler Using System Dynamics Technology to
Improve Planning and Budgeting for Higher Education: Results in Arizona and Houston, Texas
Garlick, F. J. with W. Wynn An Archetype for Holistic Problem
solving
Gelvez Pinto, Lilia. N. with Zandy C. Muskus M., Hugo H. Andrade S., Gerardo Munoz M. Mathematical Simulation Model for
the Study of the Transmission Dynamics of the Leishmaniasis Under a Systemic
Approach
Genta, Peter J. with David P. Kreutzer, Gregg Anderson, Rusty Hinote, Williams C. Hood, Kim McMillan How to Use System Dynamic to Create
Your Own Future: A Case Study of Worldwide Oil and Gas Exploration Group
Georgantzas, Nicholas C. with Amy Hamilton, Nancy Drobnis Implementing AACSB Standards Through
Feedback-Loop Planning
Georgantzas, Nicholas C. with Philip A. Schmid, Mark D. Walton Intermediate Structure Economic
Dynamics: The Television Industry
Glass-Husain, William Lessons for System Dynamics Mentors
in Schools
Greenman, J. V. The Price of Oil: A System Dynamic
Approach
Grossmann, Martin The Management of Innovation in
International Corporations as a Dynamic Process of Organizational Learning
Gulledge, Thomas with Henry Neimeier Functional Economic Analysis of
Purchasing at MITRE
Roger I Hall Organizational Learning and Adapting
Trajectories Found in a System Dynamic Based Business Game
Henden, Kjell System Dynamics Underwood
Hennessy, Gregory Competitive Simulations: Introducing
Corporations to Organizational Learning
Heyne, Gerton with Jac L. Geurts, Juliette Vermaas DIAGNOST; A Microworld in the
Healthcare for Elderly People
Hines, James H. with Dewey W. Johnson Launching System Dynamics
Hobbs, Geoffrey D. with Bryan R. Deane Modeling the Constraints on the
Global Pharmaceutical Industry
Hocking, Alan C. with Peng Sea Lee Systems Thinking and Business
Process Re-design: A Case for Combining Techniques
Hodgson, Anthony M. with Gary B. Chicoine-Piper, Nela Chicoine-Piper Requisite Cognitive Skills for
Decisions about Systems
Holmes, R. K. The Use of Influence Diagrams in
Formulating an IT Strategy for Retailers
Holtham, Clive Developing a Business Flight
Simulator for Learning Organizations
Hutchinson, W. The Concept of Waste and its Use in
Information System Design
Jambekar, Anil B. Frameworks for Integration of
Systems Thinking in Quality Management Practices
Jambekar, Anil B. System Dynamics Analysis of
Experience Gained During Personal Quality Improvement Projects
Jijin, Geng A Grey Simulated Model for Urban
Strategy Planning on SocioEconomyEnvironmentR&D
Keogh, W. Total Quality Management - Managing
Change in Manufacturing: Contrasting the Problem Solving Approach Employed in a
Quality Cost Related Initiative with Soft System Methodology
Kim, Dong Hwan with IK Jae Chang Neural Network Heuristics for
Controlling System Dynamics Model
Knol, O. M. System Dynamics Concepts Applied to
the Development and Quality Assurance of Environmental Information Systems
Konis, Costas Y. A Soft Systems Management Approach
to Energy and Conservation for the Hotel Industry of Cyprus
Kreutzer, W. Brain with David P. Kreutzer Applying the principles of Human
Computer Interaction to the Design of Management Flight Simulators
La Roche, U. A Basic Business Loop
as Starting Template for Customized Business-Process-Engineering Models
La Roche, U. Is there a Cause-Effect Relationship
Between Unemployment and Taxation Level?
Lane, David C. Social Theory and System Dynamics
Practice
Lane, David C. with Rogelio Oliva The Greater Whole Towards a
Synthesis of SD and SSM
Lane, David C. with Jonathan Rosenhead Only Connect! Part I: An annotated Selection from the Literature
on the Problem Structuring Methods of ‘Soft’ Operational Research
Lane, David C. with Mike C Jackson Only Connect! Part II: An annotated Selection from the Literature
on the Breadth and Scope of Systems Thinking
Lane, David C. with Chris Smart Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know? The evolution and limitation of the ‘generic
structure’ concept in system dynamics
Langley, Paul A. with Erik R. Larsen I Can't Believe It's a System
Dynamics Model!
Larsen, Erik R. with Derek W. Bunn Modeling Electricity Privatization
in the UK
Le Peutrec, Stephane with Michele Courant Living Systems Dynamics: A New
Approach for Knowledge Representation
Linard, Keith T. From Task To Goal Orientation Changing the Culture of Public Sector
Agencies A System Dynamics Approach
Lewis, Edward The Use of the SaGa Tool for
Scenario-Based Planning
Lewis, Llewellyn B. The use of iThink in Scenario
Planning in the Building Industry In South Africa
Ludwig, Michel with Michele Courant Modeling Interactions Between Autonomous Agents
Tom Lynch, Sonia Skelton, Michael H. Lyons Strategic Analysis of Global
Telecoms Service Provision
Lyneis, James M. Tactical vs. Strategic Approached to
Competitive Positioning - An Example from the Telecommunications Industry
Lyneis, James M. with Carl G. Bespolka, Ben Tucker Preparing for a Competitive
Environment - The Prospects for American's Electricity Utilities
Mahanty, Biswajit with Pratap K. J. Mohapatra Evaluating Optimization Model Based
Decision Support Systems in the Framework of a system Dynamics Based Game
Maier, Frank H. Integration of Knowledge-Based
Systems and System Dynamics Models for Decision Support in Innovation Management
Mantel, Rolf R. with Juan C. Rego, Pedro Goyena Optimal Control Modeling
with Vensim: Applications to Public Finance
Marshall, Norman L. with Stephan J. C. Lawe A Comparison of Regional Models
Using Different Levels of Geographic Aggregations
Mashayekhi, Ali N. A Conventional Versus a System
Dynamics Approach to Planning
Milling, Peter M. with Frank Lehmann Management Games for Group Decision
Making in a Dynamic Environment
Moffatt, Ian Extending System Dynamics for
Environmental Research and Management
Moizer, Jonathan D. Safety Hazard Control in the Workplace:
A Dynamic Model
Mojtahedzadeh, Mohammad T. Management of Fiscal and Monetary Policy
(The Case of Developing Countries)
Morecroft, John D. W. with Erik R. Larsen, Alessandro Lomi, Ari Ginsberg To Shower or Not to Shower: A
Behavioural Model of Competition of Shared Resources
Thomas F Morgan, William M Ammentorp Qualitative Analysis of Financial Models
Michael Morrison, Fern Marriott In Search Of Learning Organization
Within the Australian Hotel Industry
Mould, G. I. Short Term Manpower Planning: Time Basic
Simulations vs Systems Dynamics Approach
Mutuc, Jose Edgar S. Investigating the Dynamics of Employee
Participation
Myrtveit, Mangne Powerful Modeling Using Array Variables
Naim, N. M. with D. R. Towill System Dynamics and Learning Curves
Nash, Allen A System Based Methodology for
Industry-Level Analysis
Neimeier, Henry Analytic Queuing Network
Neimeier, Henry Analytic Uncertainty Modeling
Neimeier, Henry Dynamics Software Life cycle Model
Neimeier, Henry Performance Evaluations Gradient
Neimeier, Henry Performance Evaluation Surface
Neimeier, Henry System Dynamics Model of the Standards
Development Process
Niu, Huien with Allan A. Gillard Using System Dynamics Simulations Model
to forecast Long-Term Urban Water Demand
Nuthmann, Conrad F. The Public School System: A Dynamic
Model of Community Standards, Students, Teachers, and Resources
O'Brian, Patrick J. Job Opportunity.
Wanted: Multi-Skilled Technicians to Join a Six-Person Production Team
Operating Highly Automated Equipment. Immediately
Ochs, Martin R. System Dynamics as a Tool to Advance
Organizational Learning
Oliva, Rogelio Managerial Learning Laboratories: An
Action Research Project for Group Learning
Piattelli, Mauro with Nicola Bianchi, Marta Cuneo A Model for the Polis, the Ancient City-State
Polat, Seckin with Halulk Erkut A
Dynamic and Integrative Model for Detecting Strategic Changes in Efficiency and
Effectiveness of an Industrial Company
Probert, Stephen K. The
Epistemological Assumptions of the (Main) Soft System Methodology Advocates
Quanjel, Marcel M. H. with Ivo Wenzler Innovations
in Conceptual Modeling
Ren'an, Jia A
Study of Output Curve Intersections in the Case of Delay i (i=1,2,3, ...)
Repenning, Nelson P. Modeling
the Unanticipated Side Effects of Successful Quality and Productivity
Improvement Programs
Rich, Martin Business Simulations and the Role of the
Manager
Richardson, George P. with David F. Andersen, Terrence A. Maxwell, Thomas R. Stewart Foundations
of Mental Model Research
Ritchie-Dunham, James L. System
Dynamics of Petroleum Development Training for Long-Term Cooperation Across
Cultural Divides
Rodrigues, Alexandre The
Role of System Dynamics in Project Management: A Comparative Analysis with
Traditional Models
Roy, Santanu with Pratap K. J. Mohapatra Study
of Work Climate in R&D Organizations: A System Dynamics Approach
Rufat-Latre, Jorge Strategy
and Systems Thinking Though Dynamics Storytelling
Ruiz, A. with Jose A. D. Machuca, Miguel A. D. Machuca Utilization
of System Dynamics for Comparing Traditional and O.P.T Production Systems
Ryan, Tom A
Framework for Problem Solving Using Dynamics Modeling with a Japanese
Management Technique
Ryzhenkov, Alexander Bargaining
Delays in a Macroeconomic Context
Saeed, Khalid with Ponthep Prankprakma Technological
Development in a Dual Economy: Alternative Policy Levers for Economic
Development
Schecker, Horst P. System
Dynamics in High School Physics
Scholl, Greg J. Results
of the 1993 System Dynamics Society Benchmarking Study
Schwandt, David R. Organizational
Learning as a Dynamics Sociological Construct: Theory and Research
Sedehi, Hebib with Ugo Biader Ceipidor, Lidia D'Alessio, Chiara Ronconi System
Dynamics for Budget Planning and Management Control
Shimada, Toshiro with Takahiro Kojima, Koichiro Okumura, Kinya Machida, Akira Uchino Number
of Surviving Teeth for Japanese Age Groups
Sholtes, Robert M. Optimizing System Behavior using
Genetic Algorithms
Sliwa, Kazimierz Roman Dynamics of
Organizational Learning, An Axiomatic and Model Approach
Sliwa, Kazimierz Roman Solid Waste Management in Puebla. A system Dynamics
Approach
Smith, Ricardo with Gloria E. Pena, Isaac Dyner, Juan C. Suarez System Dynamics Modeling of Energy
Consumptions in the Colombian Industrial Nation
Sotaquira G, Ricardo with Jorge H. Panqueva, Hugo H. Andrade S. A System Approach for estimating
Corrosion Incidence to the Economy of a Nation
Stoyanova, P . with R. Woodward, M. Elliott, A. O. Moscardini Using a System Dynamics Approach as
a Tool for Enhanced Company Performance Through Developing the Imagination
Models of Managers
Strohhecker, Juergen Modeling the Diffusion of
Innovations Based on Individuals Adoption Decisions
Strumpfer, Johan with Tom Ryan Experiences in Teaching System
Thinking
Stumpf, Stephan A. with Mary Anne Watson, Hemant Rustogi Leadership in a Global Village:
Creating Practice Fields to Develop Learning Organizations
Stuntz, Lees N. Systems Educations for Kindergarten
Through Twelfth Grade in the United States: A view from the Creative Learning Exchange
Taket, Ann with Leroy White Beyond Solution: A Re-Presentation
for the "New Times"
Thiel, Daniel System Dynamics in Educational
Science: An Experience of Teaching Production-Distributions Mental ModelsBuilding
Thurlby, R. K. with J. O. Chang The Applications of System Dynamics
to Re-Engineering of Value Processes
Todoroki, Tomoyuki with Yoshio Hanzawa, Atsushi Fukuda Simulations Model for Policy
Analysis on Multi-Airport System in Metropolitan Region
Towill, Denis R. "1961 and all that: The
influence of Jay Forrester and John Burbidge on the Design of Modern
manufacturing Systems"
Van Ackere, Ann A Systems Thinking Approach to
Analyze the Waitinglist Phenomenon
Vennix, Jac A. M. Building Consensus in Strategic
Decision-Making: Insights from the process Group Model-Building
Vriens, D. with E. Philips A Systemic Account of Learning
Organizations: Defining the Learning Capabilities of Organizations
Wang, Qifan with Wang Huihua, Jin Yin, Wang Xianyong A Promising Way of Revamping the
State-Owned Enterprises In China
Wang, Qifan The Development of Shanghai in 2010
Weil,Henry Birdsye with Leon S. White Business Transformation: The Key to
long-term survival and success
Warren, Kim Simulating the Effects of Regulatory
Change in the UK Pubs Industry
Wheeler, Frederick P. How to get Managers to Use System
Dynamics
White, Leroy with Tony Ackroyd, Michelle Blackeborough Learning about Modelling for Learning
Wing, Phillip with Mark Maloney Managing Information Technology
Investments - The Application of a Dynamic System Approach
Wolff, Rolf with Olof Zaring Organisational Learning - The
creation of ecological minds in organisations
Wolstenholme, Eric Developing a Balanced View of
Management Ecology
Xu, Qingrui with Jin Chen, Shaoxia Chan, Jie Han System Dynamics Modeling of National
Policy: Case of Environment Conservation Input in China
Young, Mike with Robert Bailey Modeling Defense: A Challenge to
System Dynamics
Young, Showing H. with Sy-Feng Wang, Jenshou Yang Overcoming the Learning Barriers of
Management Flight Simulators: Task Salience and the Dissociation between
Performance and Learning
Youngdahl, William E. with Russell W. Wright, Lillian C. Wright The House of Quality Within a
Knowledge-Based View of Firm