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Computer-Based Management of Complex Systems

Proceedings of the 1989 International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Stuttgart, July 10–14, 1989

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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  1. Peter M. Milling

    1. Lehrstuhl für Controlling, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

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  2. Erich O. K. Zahn

    1. Lehrstuhl für betriebswirtschaftliche Planung, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1, Germany

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Table of contents (70 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  3. Parallel Sessions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Business policy and strategy

      1. Development and use of System Dynamics Models as Tools for Strategic Planning of Flexible Assembly Systems
        • Stefan Foschiani
        Pages 89-96
      2. A System Dynamics Model for Automation
        • Govind Gupta
        Pages 97-103
      3. Planned Organizational Change: Theory, Model, Data and Simulation
        • Chanoch Jacobsen, Yitzhak Samuel
        Pages 104-110
      4. Accounting Measurement and Methodological Characteristics of Accounting Dynamics
        • Saburo Kameyama, Takahiro Kojima, Akira Uchino, Kinya Machida
        Pages 111-118
      5. Flexible Manufacturing and it’s Benefits for the Financial Situation of an Enterprise
        • Thomas Klaue, Michael Veitinger
        Pages 119-127
      6. Modelling Business Strategies for Verification of Planning
        • U. La Roche
        Pages 128-135
      7. Market Analysis and Forecasting as a Strategic Business Tool
        • James M. Lyneis, Maurice A. Glucksman
        Pages 136-143
      8. Loop-Based Strategic Decision Support Systems — Theory and Application —
        • Peter P. Merten
        Pages 144-156
      9. Modelling a Biotechnology Startup Firm
        • John D. W. Morecroft, David C. Lane, Paul S. Viita
        Pages 157-176
      10. Computerbased Decision Support of Strategic Planning and Strategic Management with System Dynamics Models Illustrated by the Example of the German Federal Railway
        • Dieter Schmidt
        Pages 177-185

    3. Teaching and Training

      1. Feedback Delays and Control in Complex Dynamic Systems
        • Berndt Brehmer
        Pages 189-196
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Especially during the last decade, the systems approach gained wide spread attention and increased influence in the world of academics and business. The holistic view of how individual elements interact with ea~h other to form an entity -not a collection of isolated parts -becomes more and more important. Whether it is called "integration" as in Computer Integrated Manufacturing, "organism" in ecological studies, or "network" like the communication network, it is the system's idea which opens neVI' dimensions for insights, applications and development. System Dynamics -or Industrial Dynamics as it was called during its early years by its founder and mentor, M.I.T.'s now Professor Emeritus Jay W. Forrester, -pioneered the use of system concepts and computer simulation for the analysis of complex problems in business and management. It was applied to study the dynamics of corporations, cities, national economies and, finally, the global problems of man and in his limited and fragile environment. The field has reached a stage of self sustained development and momentum. A few years ago the System Dynamics Society was founded, a high quality academic journal is now published in its fifth volume, and the annual International Conferences of the Society were institutionalized and took place in America, Europe and Asia. The organization of international meet· ings for this scientific community, however, is older than the System Dynamics Society itself. The first conventions were held as special sections of conferences devoted to simulation or cybernetics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lehrstuhl für Controlling, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Peter M. Milling

  • Lehrstuhl für betriebswirtschaftliche Planung, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1, Germany

    Erich O. K. Zahn

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