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Reference no. UVA-OM-0967
Published by: Darden Business Publishing
Originally published in: 2000
Version: 12 December 2014
Revision date: 1-Jun-2015
Length: 3 pages
Data source: Published sources

Abstract

This case and the iThink simulation model focus on how senior management's decision policies could be causing the company's oscillatory growth pattern. Students can use a systems simulation model to understand how the interaction of the company's hiring and layoff policies for consultants and the system delays might be causing the undesirable dynamics. The simulation model is available in the iThink software from High Performance Systems or from the authors at the Darden School.
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Abstract

This case and the iThink simulation model focus on how senior management's decision policies could be causing the company's oscillatory growth pattern. Students can use a systems simulation model to understand how the interaction of the company's hiring and layoff policies for consultants and the system delays might be causing the undesirable dynamics. The simulation model is available in the iThink software from High Performance Systems or from the authors at the Darden School.

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