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Gloucester Fishery: insights from a group modeling intervention
Author(s) -
Otto Peter,
Struben Jeroen
Publication year - 2004
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/sdr.299
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , task (project management) , system dynamics , intervention (counseling) , factory (object oriented programming) , computer science , dynamics (music) , mechanism (biology) , management science , process management , knowledge management , engineering , systems engineering , sociology , artificial intelligence , psychology , pedagogy , psychiatry , programming language , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract System dynamics provides a powerful support mechanism for resolving problems in highly complex and dynamic contexts. Effectively building a system dynamics model in a client‐group environment is a challenging task, particularly with a heterogeneous clientele and a variety of stakeholders inuencing the boundaries of the model. In such environments, understanding and formulating central concerns is as important as it is challenging. This article describes a group model building initiative designed to study the implications of various policies aimed at revitalizing the shing industry in Gloucester, Massachusetts. While the iterative and interactive methods in this group modeling intervention helped shermen and community members to communicate effectively with one another, dene problems and improve their understanding of the critical interactions in the system, the resulting model was used to help the Gloucester Community Development Cooperation to communicate potential impacts of a prospective sh factory to a wider audience. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.