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Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> Jay, Can you (or others on the list) point me to a readily system dynamics model that contains the elements of the description you gave about the ""current crisis""? You mentioned the MIT's SD Group Lit Collection, but apparently one must ...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> SDMAIL Richard Stevenson wrote: > So SDS - can you afford to lose people like us? I am one of those Richard describes who has ""had it"" with SDS, but certainly NOT with system dynamics. The ""straw that broke the camel's back&qu...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> In reply to Bill Harris, who asked of Johann Heymann: > May I ask why? I don't intend to answer for Johann, but suggest that a published SD body of knowledge (BOK) (perhaps along with certification) might confer benefits similar to the following: * Offer pros...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> Having thought about the dues issue for a day or so, I agree fully with Richard's ""knee jerk reaction,"" as his objection has been pejoratively characterized. There is no ""right"" or ""wrong"" in t...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> To further Kim Warren's comments about forming a System Dynamics Institute let me give as an example an organization that represents the project manager (PM). It is the Project Management Institute, hereafter referred to as PMI. I have watched the PMI grow to...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> Tom Cavin's lengthy missive was interesting, but also disappointing that the description could not be provided without promoting a specific partisan view, i.e., ""... we might have a government that is more amenable to reason and that does not ignor...

Posted by Carl Betterton <carlb@uga.edu> Two points: In the text book that we use for Operations Management, /Six Sigma/ is consistently capitalized. Wikipedia defines Six Sigma as ""a system of practices"" and uses capitals for the term. Not sure where this fits with the editori...