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GDay Everyone Jerry had a question re. optimising subsystems. snip>> > >What I recall is a reference to a theorem that asserts that under certain >general conditions, optimising all the (interconnected) sub systems in a >sytem will lead to (a) an unstable total system that (b) is itself not >optimis...

Hi all >I am looking for resources regarding SD work applied to the business issues >associated with corporate training. Is anyone in this community doing I know that Peter Warrian (peterwarrian@sympatico.ca) built a Vensim model on training in a Steel Producing company. I have a copy of the model, ...

Prof Forrester wrote: >I see system dynamics as a profession similar to engineering or medicine. >System dynamics is devoted to designing policies to create systems with >better performance. Medicine attempts to create a better functioning >patient. Engineering seeks a better automobile or bridge. >...

Morning everyone >He is describing a problem that we too have often faced. I wonder is it >peculiarly Australian, or whether senior managers everywhere are reluctant >to stoop so low that they muddy their hands with actually learning new >techniques and approaches? > Probably the same everywhere. At...

I am systems engineer at Columbus Stainless - only stainless steel producer on the continent of Africa. We have recently embarked on a huge expansion of our works - and have been experiencing the pain of the changes in corporate culture as well as corporate policies that went with the expansion. Thi...

Obviously, technology must be used where most helpful. I found that the bells & whistles are helpful when they perform the routine tasks for the student, helping him to focus on the "thinking" of interpretative part of the course. Otherwise they may get stuck in doing lots of mundane c...

I recently sent out a query for advice regarding our companys rapid expansion and the related problems of creating policies and embedding those in the management systems of the business. I would like to summarise the reponses Ive had: 1. Eric Freed (Innovatech): Recommends alignment of values of eve...