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Hi
Would you be able to recommend a good
book that discusses the various steps in how to use the information
obtained from interviews (with clients and stakeholders relevant to a
problem) and process it to build a SD model (or at least some causal loop
diagrams)?"

Hi Nadine,

I would take a closer look at Jack Vennix (1996): Group Model Building - Facilitating Team Learning Using System Dynamcis, Wiley & Sons (ISBN: 978-0471953555). There are some good hints at how to use facilitation and interviews to elicit SD-models. Also take a closer look at Dr. Vennix' other papers regarding 'group model building'.

A useful paper (in itself and as a starting base for further research) in this regard is Andersen/Richardson: Scripts for group model building, in: System Dynamics Review 13(1997)2, pp. 107-129.

Hopefully this helps.

Kind regards,

Guido

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