Simplest Innovation diffusion model from Sterman's Business Dynamics Ch 9

Joe P. is currently managing a project that's behind schedule and he's experiencing substantial pressure to get the project back on track.

The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

The structure responsible for rabbit population growth.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

All the following have a common characteristic.

The Home Heating System can be used to demonstrate how we get caught in dilemmas and become victims of ourselves.

Rich Pictures, Causal Loop Diagrams and Stock & Flow Simulation Models are the three types of models most commonly used.

Influences which work in opposition to sustainable capitalism and influences that might work to further promote it.

What do activities of these images have in common?

How we know what we know.

What do activities of these images have in common?

To develop insights regarding a situation of interest there are a number of things should be considered to ensure a view of the relevant influences.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

What do activities of these images have in common?

There are about fifteen known archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.

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See also...

* Success in Acquisitions: Using Archetypes to Beat the Odds by Novak & Levine

* Systems Thinking Metaphors for Illuminating Fundamental Policy Dilemmas by Saeed

Influences which work in opposition to sustainable capitalism and influences that might work to further promote it.

When one undertakes to create a model there are a number of guidelines that are considered essential for consideration if there is to be a success with the model.

There are about fifteen known archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.

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While these pictures represent very different things there is a common essence.

There are about a dozen known systems archetypes with an interesting set of relationships among them.

Introduce the concept of modeling and simulation.

The purpose of this model is to have the user change the value of stocks, flows and converters to experience a variety of different graphical results. Understanding this generic model is important pre-requisite to learning about intravenous drugs in the body, radioactivity, self-esteem, water flowing from a drain and many other basic natural systems.