REPLY Please Capitalize System Dynamics (SD6341)

[SDMAIL John Morecroft]

Posted by  "John Morecroft" <jmorecroft at london.edu>

My preference is to continue the use of system dynamics without
capitals.  

The topic of capitalisation cropped-up for me recently with an edited
book on methods and models for strategic development (Supporting
Strategy, editors O'Brien and Dyson, Wiley 2007).  In that case the
editors and contributing authors agreed that named approaches such as
Soft Systems Methodology or SODA (Strategic Options and Development
Analysis) will have capitals but that fields such as economics, scenario
planning and system dynamics will not use capitals. I thought this was a
clear and practical solution.

John Morecroft
Adjunct Associate Professor
Management Science and Operations
London Business School
Regent's Park
London NW1 4SA
United Kingdom
Posted by  "John Morecroft" <jmorecroft at london.edu>
posting date  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:04:05 -0000