@article{Scott_2014, title={MECHANISMS FOR UNDERSTANDING MENTAL MODEL CHANGE IN GROUP MODEL BUILDING}, volume={1}, url={https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings57th/article/view/2056}, abstractNote={<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>119</o:Words> <o:Characters>681</o:Characters> <o:Lines>5</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>836</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.1539</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG /> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DoNotShowRevisions /> <w:DoNotPrintRevisions /> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin /> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;" lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;"><span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;">The group-level goals of group model building have been described as ali<span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;">gnment of mental models, consensus and commitment to a decision. Several explanations have been proposed to explain these changes. This paper tracks participants in four group model building interventions where delayed evaluations suggested that lasting me<span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;">ntal model change had occurred. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore how participants believed that the workshops changed their thinking. The results are compared with proposed mechanisms for mental model change: operator logic, systems thinking<span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;">, modelling as persuasion, and boundary objects. Although individuals typically possess incomplete insight into their own learning, interview results support the boundary object model as most consistent with participants&rsquo; own recollections.<span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;"><span style="mso-prop-change: &quot;Hamish Young&quot; 20130530T1135;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2013 HaiPhong, Vietnam}, author={Scott, Rodney James}, year={2014}, month={Apr.} }