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Effective organizational infrastructure for training activities: a case study of the Nepalese construction sector
Author(s) -
Bajracharya Arun,
Ogunlana Stephen Olu,
Bach Nguyen Luong
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
system dynamics review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.491
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1099-1727
pISSN - 0883-7066
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1727(200022)16:2<91::aid-sdr190>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , private sector , public sector , government (linguistics) , competitive advantage , virtuous circle and vicious circle , business , value (mathematics) , organizational learning , industrial organization , economics , marketing , management , computer science , economic growth , finance , economy , macroeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , machine learning
Abstract Learning is the competitive advantage of an organization, but adverse organizational settings tend to nullify and even oppose learning processes. The Nepalese construction sector is suffering from such adverse settings. In this article, organizational behavioral (OB) settings have been analysed with system dynamics methodology in order to find the causes of adversity. Dominating positive feedback loops (vicious cycles) with OB variables are explored as the underlying structures causing the adversity. Through simulation experiments, it has been observed that intuitive individual policy measures are rather ineffective in reforming the organizational settings. Numerous model experiments revealed that the public sector needs a proactive management effort, along with a value reformation policy to reverse the adverse direction of the dominating vicious cycles, while the private sector needs to equip itself with proactive culture and entrepreneurial values supported by favorable government policies providing spacious domain for the companies to play their role. This directional policy framework has been observed to be promising in the long run. However, to corroborate the directional policy framework, operational policies are recommended for further study in order to actualize the operational steps. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.