Project relations as a Dynamic Capability @ EURAM 2010: Systemic Relations As...
Systems Dynamics as a Boundary Object@BAM 2010
1. BAM 2010 The boundary role of simulation models and the influence of the modelling approach Developmental Paper Track: Organizational Studies Dr Maria Kapsali at m.kapsali@imperial.ac.uk
2. The questions - The roles simulation models can play in health care planning – BO, EO, RO, TO a) Stakeholder diversity and distanceinfluence the choice of modelling approach b) The link between the type of modelling and the role of the model
3. Issues in the questions Choice of planning model Uncertainty Complexity and aggregation Level of abstraction SD/DES Stakeholders Heterogeneity The levels of interest and background coalition Communities of interest and communities of practice 3
4. The social roles of the model The Boundary Object The Epistemic Object The Representative Object The Technical Object
8. Questions for discussion What is the actual “journey” of the roles through the modelling process? Is it a parade, an interchange, mixed ad-hoc or is it many roles simultaneously to different people? Is there a dominant (and other lesser) paths? How exactly do we define representation? Which are its elements, its function and the links with the others? Other questions?
