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Public Sector Applications of the System Dynamics Approach

2010

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Carmine Bianchi on understanding public sector from different levels and perspectives, one by Mauro Lo Tennero on the aspiration and structure of Sicily to enforce public policy, and one by Nuno Videira and colleagues on the use of group model building in the public sector to concur sustainable policies.

Structure (mathematical logic)Information Systems and Managementbusiness.industryStrategy and ManagementPublic sectorGeneral Social SciencesPublic policyGroup modelPublic administrationSystem dynamicsNew public managementEconomicsbusinessPublic Sector Applications System Dynamics Fourth European System Dynamics Workshop
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Territorial Governance, E-Government and Sustainable Development Policy: A System Dynamics Approach

2013

Part 1: Research Foundations; International audience; The goal of this paper is to demonstrate how system dynamics modelling can be used in e-government policy and systems as an aid to spport territorial ananlysis, planning and governance, sustainable performance in urban areas and the assessment of policy outcomes. Topics such as renewable energy, efficiency, the design and exploitation of urban energy, water and waste management infrastructure and the alignment of different stakeholders provide relevant fields of study for the analysis of this paper. Specifically, we reflect upon the way in which a preliminary dynamic performance management model of an exemplary case study can be used to …

Sustainable developmentE-GovernmentPerformance managementbusiness.industryCorporate governance[SHS.INFO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciencesEnvironmental resource managementEnvironmental economicsterritorial governanceSystem dynamicsRenewable energySettore SECS-P/07 - Economia Aziendaleterritorial governance egovernment sustainable development policy[INFO]Computer Science [cs]BusinessPolicy outcomesTerritorial governanceegovernmentsustainable development policy
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NEW FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLANS OF ITALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: AN ASSESSMENT USING OUTCOME-ORIENTED DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

This Ph.D. thesis investigates the new financial recovery plans as instruments which aim to avoid the bankruptcy of local governments in difficulties. This tool was approved by the Italian Central Government by Law Decree No. 174 of 2012. The goal of this work is to verify whether a recovery plan is capable of ensuring fiscal discipline and financial sustainability. The literature on the subject focuses mainly on two aspects: the description of legal framework and the static analysis of recovery plans. The present research, instead, explores the drafting process of recovery plans by investigating the local governments’ decision-making process and the involvement of stakeholders in planning …

System DynamicSettore SECS-P/07 - Economia AziendaleDynamic Performance ManagementRecovery Plan; Strategic Planning; System Dynamics; Dynamic Performance Management;Recovery PlanStrategic Planning
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Exploring intellectual capital in a call centre through a 'system dynamics' resource based view

2008

This paper examines alternative Intellectual Capital (IC) investment policies in a dynamically com­ plex system in order to explain differences in firm performance. The analysis is supported through the use of a System Dynamics (SD) simulation model. This paper is based on the hypothesis that in order to explain superior performance, it is not sufficient to look at the endowment of strategic resources; it also requires an analysis of the dynamics of resource accumulation and depletion processes, which stem from management policies. To assess the impact of ICon company performance, a conceptual framework and an SD simulation model are developed. Finally, the results from alternative scenario…

System DynamicSettore SECS-P/07 - Economia AziendaleResource Based ViewIntellectual Capital; Resource Based View; System Dynamics; SimulationSystem DynamicsSimulationIntellectual Capital
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Using System Dynamics and Group Model Building to conceptualise Quality of Hospital Services

Despite the well-established Donabedian model of hospital quality and the notion that Performance Measurement (PM) leads to improved quality of healthcare services (Donabedian, 1988; 2005), a growing part of literature during the last two decades has started doubting those favourable outcomes of PM on quality (De Vos, et al., 2009; Nolan & Berwick, 2006; Werner et al., 2008a, 2008b; Werner & Bradlow, 2006; Wright & Hershman, 2014). The purpose of this research study is to build a more comprehensive conceptual model of hospital quality, able to encompass the feedback mechanisms between elements that the Donabedian model fails to capture. More specifically, we empirically establis…

System Dynamics Group Model Building Quality Hospital Services
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Using System Dynamics to understand Workplace Conflict

This study uses a systemic approach to explore the dynamics of learning and negative emotion in workplace intraorganisational conflict. Our dynamic hypothesis was that the endogenous dynamics between the level of intraorganisational conflict and the levels of learning and negative emotion, which are accumulating in the organisation as by-products of conflict, are causing the conflict level to oscillate. A review by Cronin & Berzukova (2006) identified two problematic, undesired patterns of intraorganisational conflict development over time (Group Disintegration, Groupthink) and one desired pattern of moderate conflict level (Cohesion and Resilience), which comprised our Reference Mode. …

System Dynamics Workplace Conflict
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Unintended Effects of Energy Efficiency Policy: Lessons Learned in the Residential Sector

2021

The European Union has set an ambitious goal to tackle climate change, and energy efficiency in the residential sector is among the measures required to close the gap between targeted and actual greenhouse gas emissions. While different policy tools have been applied, the diffusion rate of these measures remains low. A system dynamics simulation model of the residential sector was developed to assess the advantages and drawbacks of energy efficiency policy in the multi-family building sector based on experience accumulated over the last twelve years in Latvia. The model was validated in expert group model building sessions and with historical trends. Simulating the model, a hypothesis was t…

TechnologyGovernmentControl and Optimizationenergy efficiency; residential buildings; policy toolsRenewable Energy Sustainability and the EnvironmentTEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyClimate changeEnvironmental economicspolicy toolsSystem dynamicsresidential buildingsGreenhouse gasEconomicsmedia_common.cataloged_instanceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEuropean unionSet (psychology)Engineering (miscellaneous)Model buildingenergy efficiencyEnergy (miscellaneous)media_commonEfficient energy useEnergies
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La transizione energetica sostenibile: scenari per un'economia a basse emissioni di carbonio

2016

Transizione energetica system dynamics macroeconomiaSettore SECS-P/01 - Economia Politica
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Managing Emerging Information Security Risks during Transitions to Integrated Operations

2010

Paper presented at the 2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). (c) 2010 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works. Paper also available from the publisher: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2010.260 The Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry is adopting new information communication technology to connect its offshore platforms, onshore control centers and the suppliers. Th…

VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Information and communication science: 420::Security and vulnerability: 424business.industryControl (management)Information securityIntegrated operationsComputer securitycomputer.software_genreInvestment (macroeconomics)System dynamicsRisk analysis (engineering)Information and Communications TechnologybusinesscomputerRisk managementVulnerability (computing)2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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A computational method to optimal control of a wind turbine system using wavelets

2011

Author's version of a chapter in the book: Proceedings of the IEEE International Syposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design (2011). Also avaliable from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CACSD.2011.6044551 This paper deals with a computational optimization approach to the problem of state-feedback control design for a wind turbine system. The first step of the study is to develop a reduced order model for the system by considering the most important physical phenomena of aerodynamics and structural dynamics. Moreover, the behavior of the system can be influenced by the coupled dynamics between the tower motions and the blade pitch and turbine speed which can cause instabiliti…

VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Mathematics: 410::Applied mathematics: 413Engineeringbusiness.industryBlade pitchWavelet transformAerodynamicsOptimal controlTurbineSystem dynamicsAlgebraic equationWaveletControl theoryaerodynamics blades equations mathematical model optimal control poles and towers wind turbinesVDP::Technology: 500::Materials science and engineering: 520business
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