The usage of system dynamics in organizational interventions

Internationalization and globalization are major incentives for companies to change their organizational structures and processes fundamentally. To master the associated problems, especially in the area of human resource management, sound and well planned procedures are indispensable and have to take into account both structural and dynamic aspects. Birgitte Snabe analyzes how system dynamics modeling can be used in learning processes that focus on the transfer of the insights and reasoning behind a strategy forming process. In a second step, she shows how it can support the refining of implementation plans. A case study in action research tradition completes the theoretical discussions. Its subject is the building up of a large international company’s R&D resources in low-cost countries

Policies and Politics of Establishing R&D Capacity in Low-Cost Locations

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System dynamics modelling for strategy implementation—case study and issues

Contains fulltext : 157328.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)System dynamics have over the years proven its usefulness in corporate strategy forming. The purpose of the paper is to investigate, how system dynamics modelling can be supportive for strategy implementation in organizations. In order to do so, we briefly discuss prospective features of strategy implementation interventions. Besides conceptual considerations, we base our arguments on a detailed case study from a high-tech company. Findings of this paper are that system dynamics modelling can be helpful for strategy implementation in regards to both strategy refinement and transfer of insights and understanding underlying the strategy forming. Research implications comprise the further evaluation of the approach and the discussion of potential ethical issues. The originality of this paper lies in the proposition of the usage of system dynamics modelling in change management settings, where the field of system dynamics traditionally make use of flight simulators or qualitative system dynamics, rather than formal modelling and simulation.18 september 200615 p