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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"causal loop diagram"”.
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A Systems Thinking Approach to Examine Local Food Systems Planning Through a Climate-Biodiversity-Health Lens: A Comox Valley Case Study
… Valley region, British Columbia, to develop a causal loop diagram, which was subsequently analyzed using the Girvan-Newman community detection algorithm to identify closely connected nodes or 'clusters'. The results of this work provide a comprehensive understanding of how local food systems' …
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A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Reflective Practices in High Tech Organizations
… applied to develop the first literature-based causal loop diagram of systematic reflective practices in organizations that shed light on reasons behind the failure of organizations to reflect. This study produced the first empirical factor structure of reflective practices, and an assessment …
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The ability of renewable energy assets to attract private investment: factors and considerations that influence an investor's decision to invest into South African assets with a renewable energy exposure
… the grounded theory methodology process a causal loop diagram (CLD) was built, representative of the insights of RE as an asset class- gained from the literature. One leveraging factor identified in the CLD to increase investment is government policy stability which will substantially …
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Improving maintenance operation through transformational outsourcing
… maintenance operation. We present a qualitative causal loop diagram developed based on the case study of Kinleith Pulp and Paper Mill in New Zealand. The diagram describes the interconnections among various technical, economic, relationship, and humanistic factors and shows how cost-cutting …
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An examination of the pursuit of nuclear power plant construction projects in the United States
… record of these endeavors was used to create a causal-loop diagram. This diagram reflects a generalized decision-making process used by electric utilities when considering the pursuit of nuclear power plant construction. From the results of the diagram, policy changes are proposed that could …
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Understanding the Complex Dynamics of Regenerating Urban Vacancy: A Case Study of Songkhla, Thailand
… economic and social issues. The thesis employs causal loop analysis to illustrate the complex interactions involved in regenerating urban vacancies. The thesis begins with a comprehensive overview of the urban vacancy crises in Songkhla City. Following this, the study delves into an analysis of …
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The Dynamics of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Practice Adoption
… via reinforcing and balancing feedback loops that I map onto a causal loop diagram, which reveals how DEI initiatives interact with existing organizational processes and cultural dynamics. This paper introduces a dynamic perspective on DEI practice implementation, highlighting the …
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The ecosystem of renewable energy shift and its future dynamics
… This paper describes a model of the common causal loop diagram and applies it to three cases. Additionally, by building stock and flow model, the future dynamics are simulated by System Dynamics. Based on the casual loop diagram analysis, the renewable shift makes three phases. The first …
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A system analysis of the spam problem
… surrounding the spam problem in the form of a Causal Loop Diagram. This diagram shows the causal interactions between the various technical, legal, social, and economic forces that are present in the spam system. Using this diagram, I then identify a number of places that solutions could …
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Structuration analysis of collaboration in Big Data Analytics work practices in organizations
… Also, a revised conceptual framework and a causal loop diagram presenting the dynamic interplay of collaboration and the structures were presented, with theoretical propositions.
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A systems analysis of the Army Substance Abuse Program
… dynamic behavior over time and establish a causal loop diagram to explain that behavior, drawing on the US Army's reports, the literature surrounding management response to substance abuse in the workplace, and field interviews. I then examine whether commanders are actually adhering to the …
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Modeling the Adoption of Identification Standards Within the Healthcare Supply Chain
… the specific elements to the adoption rate via a causal loop diagram (CLD). The model is formulated in two stages. In the first stage, the Bass Diffusion Model (BDM) of technology adoption is adapted to simulate the adoption of identification standards supporting technologies. The second stage …
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A system thinking approach to addressing implementation challenges of local content policy in resource-rich countries.
… system thinking (ST) tool, which uses causal loop diagram (CLD) and mixed-method methodology to address local content policy (LCP) challenges of infrastructure, human resource capacity (HRC), technology and finance in the Ghanaian oil industry. ST considered the challenges as a …
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Leveraging the enabling environment to deliver infrastructure and services to meet the real needs of end users in developing countries
… the service needs gap in developing countries. A causal loop diagram is presented to model the enabling environment. Seven case studies are employed to analyse real-world projects, their interactions with the enabling environment, and its influence on the project outcomes. Five archetypes are …
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Resilience in disasters: a case study of an informal settlement in the Western Cape of South Africa
… model consists of four reinforcing feedback loops that explains how the development of community resilience in the informal settlement maps on to the relative achievement systems archetype (success of the successful causal loop diagram). Negative reinforcing behaviour explains the lack of …
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A systemic analysis of the factors that affect handpump-borehole yield and water quality in rural sub-Saharan Africa
… analytical tools, Bayesian Network (BN) and Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) analysis, to systemically assesses the reasons for these yield and water quality failures. To begin, BN analysis is used to quantitatively identify the on-site factors that most greatly reduce the probability of HPB yield …
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Complex building construction projects: reducing rework through facilitation of craftspeople’s motivation in United Arab Emirates.
… within the building construction system. The causal loop diagram (CLD) depicts the craftspeople’s perceptions and experiences of their motivation in relation to the issue of rework. The resulting driving factors of those themes formed from the feedback mechanism were diverse work experience, …
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A complex ecosystem: a grounded theory approach to understanding student lending in tertiary education
… to a scientific framework in order to create a causal loop diagram in the theory building. The scientific framework used in this theory building process is that of archetypes that describe scientifically established generic structures of systems and the associated patterns of behaviour. The …
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Investigating critical success factors for project completion in a South African telecommunications company
… systems ideas were drawn upon in the form of a causal loop diagram to develop a project success model. Systems theory was used to determine the relationships between individual success factors and their overall effect on the system in focus. The system behaviour of the project success model …
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Design of lightweight prefabricated home foundation manufactured via industrial large scale polymer additive manufacturing
… studied and presented using a physics informed causal loop diagram.
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