Courses Information

School

Industrieseminar
Mannheim University
Schloss S202-215
Mannheim, 68131
Germany

Instructor(s)

Peter Milling
Title: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.
Department: Industrieseminar
Language: German, English
Email: info@is.bwl.uni-mannheim.de
Telephone: 49 621 181-1578
Fax: 49 621 181-1579

Christian Weitert
Title: Dipl.-Kfm.
Department: Industrieseminar
Language: German, English
Email: cweitert@is.bwl.uni-mannheim.de
Telephone: 49 621 181-1585
Fax: 49 621 181-1579

Alexander Zock
Title: PhD
Department: European Center for Aviation Development - ECAD GmbH; Industrieseminar, Mannheim University
Language: German, English
Email: info@is.bwl.uni-mannheim.de
Telephone: 49 621 181-1578
Fax: 49 621 181-1585

Course(s)

Title of the course Program Term Hrs/
week
# of students Texts
System Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Systems Simulation (Lecture and Exercise Class) Graduate Fall 3 hours (8 ECTS) 100 D_rner, Dietrich (1992): Die Logik des Misslingens. Strategisches Denken in komplexen Situationen, Reinbek bei Hamburg.
Forrester, Jay W. (1968): Principles of Systems, second preliminary edition, Cambridge, MA.
Gr__ler, Andreas (2008): Modelltests, erscheint in: J_rgen Strohhecker und J_rgen Sehnert (eds.): System Dynamics f_r die Finanzindustrie - Strategisches Denken und Modellieren f_r dynamische Probleme, Frankfurt.
Hines, Jim (2005): Molecules of Structure Version 2.02 - Building Blocks for System Dynamics Models.
Milling, Peter (1984): Leitmotive des System-Dynamics-Ansatzes, in: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium (WiSt), Vol. 13, pp. 507-513.
Milling, Peter (1972): First Order Systems and S-shaped Growth, NATO Advanced Study Institute in System Dynamics, Hannver.
Salge, Markus (2008): Kaskadische und parallele Bestandsstrukturen, erscheint in: J_rgen Strohhecker und J_rgen Sehnert (eds.): System Dynamics f_r die Finanzindustrie - Strategisches Denken und Modellieren f_r dynamische Probleme.
Senge, Peter (1990): The Fifth Discipline - The Art and Science of The Learning Organization, New York, NY.
Sterman, John D. (2000): Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World, Boston et al.
Sterman, John D. (1987): Systems Simulation - Expectation Formation in Behavioral Simulation Models, in: Behavioral Science, Vol. 32, pp. 190-211.
Ventana Systems, Inc. (eds.): Vensim 5.0, User's Guide.
Business Dynamics (Seminar) Graduate Spring 2 hours (4.5 ECTS) 18 various classics, e.g.
Forrester, Jay Wright (1969): Urban Dynamics, Cambridge, MA.
Meadows, Dennis L. (1970): Dynamics of Commodity Production Cycles, Cambridge, MA.
Morecroft, John D. W. (1985): Rationality in the Analysis of Behavioral Simulation Models, in: Management Science, 31(7), pp. 900-916.
Richardson, George and Alexander L. Pugh (1981): Introduction to System Dynamics Modelling, Portland, OR (Chap. 4.4 - 7: Project Management Model).
Organisational Application of System Dynamics (Lecture) Graduate Fall 1.5 hours (4.5 ECTS) 16 N/A
Last edited 2008/03/25 by NG