UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, A REVIEW BASED ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

Authors

  • Maria Cristina Serrano Guzman UNAB
  • Ricardo Sotaquira Gutierrez UNAB
  • Lilia Nayibe Gelvez Pinto UNAB
  • Jose Daniel Cabrera Cruz UNAB

Keywords:

System Dynamics, Computer-based Simulations, University Management, Organizational Learning, Systems Thinking

Abstract

University management implies a great variety of decisions that need to be made in order to maintain financially affordable programs that successfully meet the educational demand and thus achieving a generally understood goal which is that the University works as a self-sustainable system. The Systems Thinking research group (GPS) has developed a variety of projects which main purpose was to use System Dynamics modeling to support University management at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga. A detailed revision of these projects is presented to distinguish common objectives, methods and strategies, organizational learning experiences and along with them, a variety of uses of System dynamics tools that are to be discussed leading towards an extensive reflection about organizational complexities beyond management strategies.

Author Biographies

Maria Cristina Serrano Guzman, UNAB

Researcher of the System Thinking Group at UNAB

Ricardo Sotaquira Gutierrez, UNAB

Researcher of the System Thinking Group at UNAB

Lilia Nayibe Gelvez Pinto, UNAB

Researcher of the System Thinking Group at UNAB

Jose Daniel Cabrera Cruz, UNAB

Researcher of the System Thinking Group at UNAB

Published

2008-07-04

How to Cite

Serrano Guzman, M. C., Sotaquira Gutierrez, R., Gelvez Pinto, L. N., & Cabrera Cruz, J. D. (2008). UNDERSTANDING UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT USING SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, A REVIEW BASED ON RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2008, Madison, Wisconsin, 3(1). Retrieved from https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings52nd/article/view/1017

Issue

Section

Designing Educational Systems