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Applications of System Dynamics
Spring 2004
Topics
- Introduction
- Guidelines for Kickoff Meeting - Breakout Session
- Definition of Concern and Momentum Policies - Breakout Group Presentation 1
- Rough Dynamic Hypotheses - Breakout Group Presentation 2
- Dynamic Hypotheses - Breakout Group Presentation 3
- Mini-presentations - Breakout Group Presentation 4
- Partial Model of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 5
- Model and Analysis of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 6
- Model and Analysis of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 8
- Partial Model of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 9
- Model and Analysis of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 10
- Partial Model of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 11
- Insights Presentation - Breakout Group Presentation 12
- Final Presentations and Models
Readings
- Assigned chapters are drawn from the course textbook:
- Schein, Edgar H. Process Consultation Revisited: Building the Helping Relationship . Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 020134596X.
- WEEK #: 4 · TOPICS: Rough Dynamic Hypotheses - Breakout Group Presentation 2 · READINGS: Chapters 1 and 2
- WEEK #: 5 · TOPICS: Dynamic Hypotheses - Breakout Group Presentation 3 · READINGS: Chapters 3 and 4
- WEEK #: 7 · TOPICS: Partial Model of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 5 · READINGS: Chapters 5 and 6
- Molecules Out Chapters 7 and 8
- WEEK #: 10 · TOPICS: Model and Analysis of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 8 · READINGS: Chapters 9 and 10
- WEEK #: 11 · TOPICS: Partial Model of First Hypothesis - Breakout Group Presentation 9 · READINGS: Chapters 11 and 12
- Chapters are assigned weekly from the course textbook:
- (The textbook is secondary to the handouts listed under lecture notes.)
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.