A critical review of the use of System Dynamics fororganizational consultation projects

摘要

System Dynamics (SD) based organizational consulting projects show a diversity of processmodels, conceptual frameworks and terminology. As a consequence such practices do notmeet the criteria of fully consistent and solid consultancy approaches. Nevertheless, SDbased consulting contains a number of valuable elements. The author proposes to save andintegrate these into an existing consultancy framework, namely the systemic interventionpractice, that is derived from a systemic theory of social systems, which is based onMaturana??s concept of autopoiesis. This strengthens the already existing subjectiveworldview in parts of the SD community and thus integrates the exploratory strength of SD,that allows a formalized reflection of the perceived logical structure of mental models, into acoherent consultancy framework based on interpretive and constructivist perspectives.