System Dynamics: Soft and Hard Operational Research

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This book presents some of the most important papers published in Palgrave’s Journal of Operational Research relating to the use of System Dynamics (SD) in the context of Operational Research (OR). Giving the reader an in-depth understanding of significant features of the research area which have grown over the last 20 years: applications in the management field; methodologies; policies at industry level; and healthcare, this book is an invaluable read for those who do not have any prior expertise in the field. Split into four parts, the collection covers the broad use of SD in the field of management, focuses on the use of modelling in supply chains and at industry level, and presents an analysis of the use of SD in its most promising area, healthcare. Not only does this work provide a detailed overview of the field of SD, but it will also offer vital insights into potential research avenues for the future considering the use of SD as a soft OR and hard OR method. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (M. Kunc)....Pages 1-29 Front Matter ....Pages 31-31 Resetting the Clock: A Feedback Approach to the Dynamics of Organisational Inertia, Survival and Change (E. R. Larsen, A. Lomi)....Pages 33-68 Management Attitudes, Learning and Scale in Successful Diversification: A Dynamic and Behavioural Resource System View (J. D. W. Morecroft)....Pages 69-106 Relevance Assumed: A Case Study of Balanced Scorecard Development Using System Dynamics (H. A. Akkermans, K. E. van Oorschot)....Pages 107-132 Interpersonal Success Factors for Strategy Implementation: A Case Study Using Group Model Building (Rodney J. Scott, Robert Y. Cavana, Donald Cameron)....Pages 133-162 Front Matter ....Pages 163-163 An Overview of Strategy and Tactics in System Dynamics Optimization (B. Dangerfield, Carole Roberts)....Pages 165-196 Simulation by Repeated Optimisation (R. G. Coyle)....Pages 197-218 Judgement and Supply Chain Dynamics (A. A. Syntetos, N. C. Georgantzas, J. E. Boylan, B. Dangerfield)....Pages 219-260 Comparing Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics: Users’ Perceptions (A. A. Tako, S. Robinson)....Pages 261-299 Front Matter ....Pages 301-301 Modelling the Sustainability of Mass Tourism in Island Tourist Economies (Y. Xing, B. Dangerfield)....Pages 303-327 Modelling for Policy Assessment in the Natural Gas Industry (Y. Olaya, I. Dyner)....Pages 329-353 Understanding the Drivers of Broadband Adoption: The Case of Rural and Remote Scotland (S. Howick, J. Whalley)....Pages 355-388 Front Matter ....Pages 389-389 System Dynamics Mapping of Acute Patient Flows (D. C. Lane, E. Husemann)....Pages 391-415 Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Chlamydia Screening with Targeted Screening Strategies (D. Evenden, P. R. Harper, S. C. Brailsford, V. Harindra)....Pages 417-445 Competitive Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Markets: A Case Study in the Chronic Cardiac Disease Market (M. Kunc, R. Kazakov)....Pages 447-470 Back Matter ....Pages 471-484