Systemic Development of Health Organizations: An Integrative Systems Methodology

Schwaninger, Markus; Klocker, Johann

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“…This is an abridged version of a long case study published earlier (Schwaninger & Klocker 2017a) [46], which covered applications of both the Viable System Model and System Dynamics in an organization for health care. This version does not contain an account of the SD application, which is contained in [47].…”

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Applying Integrative Systems Methodology: The Case of Health Care Organizations

Schwaninger,

Klocker

2024

Systems

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Systems thinking has a lot to offer to the field of strategizing. Calls for a greater use of the Systems Approaches to management are increasingly being advanced in the world of organizations, public and private. Yet, practical implementation of such postulates is lagging. This article aims to demonstrate the potential of systems thinking in shaping strategy in management and organization. It builds on a framework known as Integrative Systems Methodology, a circular set of established components of strategic processes: all elements of the methodology are covered, from finding purpose and goals, modeling, and diagnosing to the design of strategies and change. Along this path, complementary methodologies are combined to cope with high environmental complexity. In the present case, these are the systems methodologies of Organizational Cybernetics (namely Viable System Model) and System Dynamics. The layout of the treatise is conceptual in nature. Nevertheless, long-term empirical evidence from a set of real-world organizations-one center and several peripheral healthcare entities-is presented to make the methodology tangible: theoretically grounded and experientially corroborated. The case study we are introducing is from health care, concretely: an oncological care system. Structural patterns are elicited, which are isomorphic, applicable to any health care system. From a conceptual-theoretical stance, crucial factors conducive to continuous organizational learning are elaborated. Professionals can benefit from acquiring new ways of coping with the ever-increasing complexity.

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2024

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“…20.8. More results of scenarios and policy simulations on the basis of the original model will be documented elsewhere (Schwaninger and Klocker 2017b).…”

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Efficiency Versus Effectiveness in Hospitals: A Dynamic Simulation Approach

Schwaninger

Klocker

2017

System Dynamics for Performance Management

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Anticipating the Unexpected: Simulating a Health Care System Showing Counterintuitive Behavior

Schwaninger

2018

Computer Aided Systems Theory – EUROCAST 2017

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Mark us Sch wan inge r Unive rsity of St. Galle n, Dufo urstra sse 40a, 9000 St. Galle n, Switz erland mark us. schw anin ger@ unis g. cli Abstr act. Comp lex syste ms often exhib it count erintu itive behav ior. They confr ont us with the unexp ected , and the idea of antici patin g the unexp ected is a challe nge to comm onsen se. The purpo se of this contr ibutio n is to demo nstrat e the powe r of mode ling and simul ation in disco verin g the stmct ures that gener ate count erintu itive behav ior in and of organ izatio ns. The resea rch quest ion here is if and how these gener ative "mec hanis ms" that produ ce unexp ected behav ior can be ascer tained. If this can be achie ved, then unexp ected pattem s of behav ior becom e amen able to being antici pated as contin genci es. If not, system behav ior canno t be antici pated , and it remai ns in the dark. To answ er our resea rch quest ion, we rever t to a case study of a health-care Syste m that show ed unex pecte d behav ior. Keyw ords: Dyna mic mode ling and simul ation Math emati cal mode ling Syste m Dyna mics Coun terint uitive Syste m behav ior Case study Healt h care

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Systemic Development of Health Organizations: An Integrative Systems Methodology

Cited by 3 publications

References 31 publications

Applying Integrative Systems Methodology: The Case of Health Care Organizations

Applying Integrative Systems Methodology: The Case of Health Care Organizations

Efficiency Versus Effectiveness in Hospitals: A Dynamic Simulation Approach

Anticipating the Unexpected: Simulating a Health Care System Showing Counterintuitive Behavior

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