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Markus Schwaninger
Former Member
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Prof. em. Dr.
Last Name
Schwaninger
First name
Markus
Email
markus.schwaninger@unisg.ch
Phone
+41 71 224 2382
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PublicationCovid19-Pandemie - Umgang mit dem Unvorhersehbaren: Ein Kybernetisches Modell für die Krisenbewältigung(Institut für Betriebswirtschaft an der Universität St. Gallen, )
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PublicationA Systems Approach to Business Strategy : The Case of Chocolate Production(Institut für Betriebswirtschaft an der Universität St. Gallen, 2014-01-27)
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PublicationScrutinizing the Sustainability of Business Models : System Dynamics for Robust Strategies( 2014-06-30)
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PublicationGroup Buying Schemes : A Sustainable Business Model?( 2013-02-06)
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PublicationModel-Based Management (MBM): A Research AgendaThe purpose of this paper is to introduce and conceptualize the topic of Model-Based Management (MBM) in organizations. The importance of qualitative and quantitative models for management is highlighted, and a research agenda for this new topic is proposed. This agenda promises to make a contribution to the use of models for higher managerial effectiveness. The role of models for managerial purposes has been under-researched and often misunderstood. In this paper, an analysis of the concept, role and function of models in the context of management and organization is undertaken. A new understanding of both the concept and role of models in management, grounded in system science, is proposed, which the planned research program will explore. The gain promised by such an innovative scope derives from its high potential: Both theory and practice can benefit from the envisaged research. Theoretically speaking, advances in management and organization science can be achieved, while on the practical side the gained insights will caution managers and leaders against succumbing to the traps of complexity, while radically improving their managerial effectiveness. Ultimately, MBM should enhance the intelligence, adaptiveness and viability of organizations of any kind: private, public, non-profit, large or small.
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PublicationModel-Based Management: A Systemic Approach from the Pharmaceutical Industry( 2008-09-25)
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PublicationSystem Dynamics and the Evolution of the Systems Movement - A Historical PerspectiveThe purpose of this contribution is to give an overview of the role of System Dynamics in the context of the evolution of the systems movement. "Systems movement"--often referred to briefly as "systemics"--is a broad term, which takes account of the fact that there is no one systems approach, but a range of different ones. Indeed, the development of the System Dynamics methodology, and the worldwide community that applies SD to the modeling and simulation in the most different contexts, suggest it is a "systems approach" on its own. Nevertheless, taking "System Dynamics" as the (one and only) synonym for "systemic thinking" would go too far, as there are other approaches to systemic thinking as well as a variety of systems theories and methodologies, which - to a certain extent - are complementary to SD. The purpose of this article implies working out the actual and potential relationships between System Dynamics and the other strands of the systems movement. An overview on the temporal sequence of some milestones in the evolution of the Systems Approach in general and System Dynamics in particular is given in the Appendix. Elaborating on each one of the sources and dates quoted therein would reach beyond the possibilities of this paper.