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- Sat Oct 18, 2008 6:56 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY Economic System
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8893
QUERY Economic System
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 ...
- Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:50 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY European 'Global System Dynamics Project'
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11741
QUERY European 'Global System Dynamics Project'
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...
- Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:13 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY Society Strategy Development
- Replies: 127
- Views: 148479
QUERY Society Strategy Development
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...
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:10 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY Income based membership dues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12152
QUERY Income based membership dues
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...
- Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:29 pm
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY Forming a System Dynamics Institute
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5004
QUERY Forming a System Dynamics Institute (SD6556)
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...
- Sun May 20, 2007 1:48 pm
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: ANNOUNCE Zimbardo lecture
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5403
ANNOUNCE Zimbardo lecture
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...
- Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:19 am
- Forum: SD Mailing List Archive
- Topic: QUERY Please Capitalize System Dynamics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13895
QUERY Please Capitalize System Dynamics
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...