Jay Forrester's operational approach to economics

K Saeed - System Dynamics Review, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Jay Forrester's models evoke an operational approach to understanding economic behavior
and managing economic systems. They build on managerial roles, not rational agency …

Organizational dissent dynamics: a conceptual framework

RM Zaini, MB Elmes, OV Pavlov… - Management …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article proposes a conceptual framework for dissent dynamics in organizations. We
integrate the dissent expression and management framework of Kassing with the dynamic …

Farmers, bandits and soldiers: A generic system for addressing peace agendas

K Saeed, OV Pavlov, J Skorinko… - System Dynamics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a generic model that explains why political systems tend toward certain
outcomes. The model identifies possible economic and psychological paths toward change …

Circumscribing system dynamics modeling and building confidence in models a personal perspective

K Saeed - Available at SSRN 3093080, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
While there is a consensus among system dynamics scholars that the dichotomous term
validity must be replaced by the term confidence for system dynamics models, it is unclear …

Historical dynamics of the Chinese dynasties

S Roman - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
We develop a framework for studying state division and unification, and as a case study we
focus on modelling the territorial patterns in imperial China during periods of unity and …

Cancer as a system dysfunction

K Saeed, EF Ryder, AL Manning - Systems, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we describe a system dynamics model that views cancer as a dysfunction of
the cellular system rather than as an ailment of cells. Our experiments with the model …

Firefighting societal human-system ignorance at B-schools

NC Georgantzas - Human Systems Management, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Predicated on B-schools' recent bifurcation is a coherent unity of societal human-system
knowledge and skills that, regardless of their specific discipline, B-school students could …

Dynastic cycle: A resource allocation theme for addressing dissent in universities

R Zaini, K Saeed, M Elmes… - … Institute, Department of …, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper utilizes the dynastic cycle framework proposed in (K. Saeed & Pavlov, 2008) to
explain the role of dissent in universities. By combining the dissent expression framework …

[PDF][PDF] Generic and reusable structure in systems dynamics modelling: roadmap of literature and future research questions

S ElSawah, A McLucas, M Ryan - … Schedule of the …, 2015 - proceedings.systemdynamics.org
In the systems dynamics literature, some research efforts have focused on the idea of
developing generic and reusable modelling elements. This literature is largely fragmented …

A system dynamics approach to jurisdictional conflict between a major and a minor healthcare profession

M McGregor - Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this research was to evaluate strategies that a minor profession might
successfully undertake to gain market share held by a dominant player when a jurisdiction is …