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1. Fowler, Alan, "Simulation's Evolving Role in Management"

Type:
Document
Date Created:
1996
Collection:
System Dynamic Society Records
Collecting Area:
University Archives
Collection ID:
ua435
Parent Record(s):
23d738ba88f8333bc39725f9cb5bd0b8, ca4810593b2703dcaa087957ab13af91, and 227da936724c4223c5a64764d3922694
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Description:
The paper argues that simulation techniques, while traditionally having been widely applied in Science and Engineering, have not yet attracted a corresponding degree of uptake in 'softer' management applications. Systems-thinking and its associated 'toolbox', stimulation, have featured prominently in the systems literature for three decades or more and the question must therefore arise as to why the take-up of such a potentially powerful aid to management-planning and decision-making has traditionally proved so sporadic and sluggish amongst business practitioners? This question along with a review of current trends illustrated by some basic examples, underscore the logic of this paper.