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Hi, there seems to be a wrong link on the web site of the Symphony Orchestra Institute. The details of the article on an SD approach to orchestras are: Author: Bernhard H. Kerres Title: Orchestras in a Complex World Year: 1999 Journal: Harmony - Forum of the Symphony Orchestra Institute Issue: Numbe...

Yes, I have done that rather extensively although in the classical music
field. You will find my latest article on orchestras in Harmony, the Forum
of the Symphony Orchestra Institute (http://www.soi.org).

Regards,
Bernhard
From: "Bernhard Kerres" <Bernhard@kerres.com>

I am interested to know if anyone attempted to develop SD modells for strategic approaches to international mobile telecommunications. I would be interested to see how strategies such as the recent Airtouch/Vodafone deal could be modelled to understand the impact the merger has on the market and on ...

Taking the notes of J. Forrester and many members participating in this discussion as well as my own experience, you should make very clear that SD is NOT a forecasting tool. It will not acurately predict anything for your client, but it will help your client to prepare for various situations in the...

The SD group at London Business School has recently released a microworld on the issue oh hiring, training, and retaining employees at consultancies. You might want to contact them for more information: http://www.lbs.ac.uk/sysdyn/microwor.htm Best regards, Bernhard Kerres __________________________...

In my view, SD can be used on tactical and strategic levels. Nevertheless= , in my experience it works better on strategic levels. The complexity of the long term future and therefore of the development o= f strategies asks for a different approach than the nearer future were cert= ain forecasts are...

Jim,

could you explain a bit more about Diffusion type models? - Perhaps suggest
any readings or so. Although working a lot in SD I have not came across them
yet.

Thanks a lot,
Bernhard
From: "Bernhard Kerres" <Bernhard@kerres.com>

Look at the various sections in Peter Senges book The Fifth Discipline. He works only with hand-drawn graphics and uses symbols such as avalanges or weights. In the apendix he also has a collection of SD archetypes which is very useful. There is the Fifth Discipline Fieldbook which might be quite us...

Hi, I am currently working on a problem to modell the subscriber development for a European ISP (Internet Service Provider) who offers mostly dial-up access for private and SME customers to the Internet. I would be most grateful for any modells, suggestion or ideas what should be included in the mod...

Hi,

I am looking for any modells on the change in the telecom industry in
Europe. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Bernhard Kerres
London Business School
e-mail: Bernhard@Kerres.com