Overview
- Explains what group model building achieves, how, and why that matters
- Particularly focuses on public-sector and cross-sector decisions
- Describes implications for theory and practice
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Operations Research (BRIEFSOPERAT)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book describes the cognitive and interpersonal effects of group model building, and presents empirical research on what group model building achieves and how. Further, it proposes an integrated causal mechanism for the effects on participants. There have been multiple previous attempts at explaining the effects of group model building on participants, and this book integrates these various theories for the first time.
The causal mechanisms described here suggest a variety of design elements that should be included in group model building practice. For example, practitioners typically try to reduce complexity for clients, to make the process feel more accessible. In contrast, the findings presented here suggest that the very act of muddling through complexity increases participants’ affective commitment to the group and the decisions made.
The book also describes implications for theory and practice. System dynamics has traditionally been interested in using technical modeling processes to make policy recommendations. Group model building demonstrates that these same techniques also have implications for group decision making as a method for negotiating agreement. The book argues for the value of group model building as a mediating or negotiating tool, rather than merely a positivist tool for technical problems.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rodney Scott is an Innovations Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance at Harvard University. He is the Principal Research Fellow for New Zealand’s State Services Commission, where he leads the public management research program and provides advice on public sector design and evaluation, and holds adjunct positions at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the University of New South Wales. His current research interests include interagency collaboration, governance, and performance management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Group Model Building
Book Subtitle: Using Systems Dynamics to Achieve Enduring Agreement
Authors: Rodney Scott
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Operations Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8959-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8958-9Published: 02 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8959-6Published: 12 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2195-0482
Series E-ISSN: 2195-0504
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 138
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Research/Decision Theory, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Organization