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Course 3 – Corporate Growth. Forrester uses the Market Growth Model to outline and explain the dynamic causes underlying some of the behaviors in a growing company. He discusses the three control loops in the model, use of a floating goal, how to relate goals to company policies, the effect of long delivery delays, the growth of a local high technology company, the characteristics of information channels, and the role of forecasting and the problems it can cause.
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Description
The Jay W. Forrester Seminar Series has been revamped and improved, and is now available as a more accessible, on-demand, online course! The original consists of seminar series conducted by Professor Jay Forrester in the fall of 1999 for his Ph.D. students in System Dynamics at MIT Sloan School of Management. Thanks to Susan Swett Forrester for the inspiration to record this seminar series.Decades later, the System Dynamics Society has transformed the series into a course, making it more structured and more suitable for evaluation-based learning. This course will be self-led and self-paced without guidance from an instructor. We are sure you will enjoy this course as you learn from the founder of the field, Jay Forrester, and some of the brightest minds in the field!
Synopsis Course 3 - Corporate Growth: Forrester uses the Market Growth Model to outline and explain the dynamic causes underlying some of the behaviors in a growing company. He discusses the three control loops in the model, use of a floating goal, how to relate goals to company policies, the effect of long delivery delays, the growth of a local high technology company, the characteristics of information channels, and the role of forecasting and the problems it can cause.
Upon course completion, a certificate of completion will be granted to participants who pass all the quizzes and discussions with a 100% score.
In total, there are 11 courses in the Jay W. Forrester Seminar Series. Format: On-demand, online seminar course available on the platform "Thinkific." Once you purchase the course you will be automatically registered.
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