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Aghaie, Abdollah; Popplewell, Keith - In: The TQM Magazine 9 (1997) 2, pp. 111-116

Simulation is a widely used tool in the design of factory systems of almost all kinds and yet seems to be used rarely … in the design and analysis of quality management systems. Explores the reported applications of simulation in this and … other fields relating to quality and concludes that the benefits of simulation could make a significant contribution to the …

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Simulating c and u control schemes

Freeman, Jim; Mintzas, George - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 4, pp. 242-248

to be simulated. Schemes can be appraised both individually and on a pairwise basis. “Live” results from the simulation …

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Classroom Societies and Common Markets: The Gem Fair

Wood, William C.; Stover, Lynne F.; Hopkins, Martha C. - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 7 (2012) 1, pp. 46-50

In-class societies such as the Mini-Society and Mini-Economy provide opportunities for teaching important lessons about choice, scarcity, and economic organization. Those lessons are multiplied when in-class societies meet each other for simulated international trade. We describe a Global...

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Classroom convention: teaching comparative constitutional design through simulation

Fisher, Sarah; Justwan, Florian - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 12 (2017) 1, pp. 84-94

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to detail a simulation exploring the academic and real-world debates surrounding … constitutional design. Design/methodology/approach The authors deployed this simulation in different contexts: undergraduate courses …. Throughout the simulation, the students were assigned to be the representatives of a particular ethnic group, each with distinct …

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Doing democracy through simulation, deliberation, and inquiry with elementary students

Payne, Katherina Ann; Hoffman, James V.; DeJulio, Samuel - In: Social Studies Research and Practice 12 (2017) 1, pp. 56-69

action research project where a group of fourth-grade students participated in a simulation that explored the possibilities …-directed inquiry. The authors focused the data collection on the responses of students to the challenges presented in the simulation …. Findings Based on the analysis of student work during the simulation and reflection on the simulation after the project, the …

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Simulation for training in quality control

Freeman, Jim; Evangeliou, Nikolaos - In: Training for Quality 4 (1996) 1, pp. 27-31

in quality management, and computer simulation provides a valuable facility for generating charts under a variety of …. Concludes that specialist simulation games are likely to play an increasingly important role in training in management control …

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Learning to make more effective decisions: changing beliefs as a prelude to action

Friedman, Sheldon - In: The Learning Organization 11 (2004) 2, pp. 110-128

Decision‐makers in organizations often make what appear as being intuitively obviously and reasonable decisions, which often turn out to yield unintended outcomes. The cause of such ineffective decisions can be a combination of cognitive biases, poor mental models of complex systems, and...

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Developing Police Leadership

Willmer, M.A.P.; Gaston, Kevin - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 11 (1990) 4, pp. 10-16

resources. A computer simulation is described which is designed to reflect a possible simplified future scenario. It highlights …

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The Lessons of Looking Glass: Management Simulations and the Real World of Action

Van Velsor, Ellen; Ruderman, Marian; Dianne Phillips, A. - In: Leadership & Organization Development Journal 10 (1989) 6, pp. 27-31

What people learn during a widely used management simulation is considered. The learning data are used to examine the … value of behavioural simulation, by comparing what managers report learning to data on behaviours found essential to …

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An explorative study on the potential of green roofs providing thermal comfort conditions for indoor spaces in Kumasi, Ghana

Koranteng, Christian; Nyame-Tawiah, David; Gyimah, … - In: Open House International 47 (2021) 3, pp. 389-407

the potential of vegetation/green roofs on temperature development within spaces. This approach led to a simulation … exploration using the simulation application showed combinations of various soil depth (70–500 mm) and leaf area indices (leaf …

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