Group Model Building Facilitating Team Learning Using System Dynamics [Hardcover]

Organizations are changing rapidly due to turbulent environments and changes in technology. More and more organisations are tending to grow into knowledge-based organisations in which the proper management of knowledge plays an increasingly important roleIndividual and Organizational Problem Construction.

System Dynamics: Problem Identification and SystemConceptualization.

System Dynamics: Model Formulation and Analysis.

Designing Group Model-Building Projects.

Facilitating Group Model-Building Sessions.

Group Model-Building in Action: Qualitative System Dynamics.

Group Model-Building in Action: Quantitative System Dynamics.

Analysis of the Housing Association Model.

Summary and Reflections.

Appendices.

References.

Index.

Jac Vennix is the author of Group Model Building : Facilitating Team Learning Using System Dynamics, published by Wiley.This book is about increasing team performance. It focuses on building system dynamics models when tackling a mix of interrelated strategic problems to enhance team learning, foster consensus, and create commitment. The book is intended to be applied in the organizations of today. As the command and control organization evolves into one of decision-making teams, so these teams have become the critical building blocks upon which the performance of the organization depends. The team members face an increased complexity of decision making with the interrelation of several strategic problems. What this means is that people have different views of the situation and will define problems differently. However, research shows that this can in fact be very productive if and when people learn from each other in order to build a shared perspective. Learning in this way might prove to be the only sustainabllsâ