NDLI: A Comparison of Group Model Building and Strategic Options Development and Analysis

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Author	Rouwette, Etienne Bastings, Ingrid Blokker, Hans
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	A distinctive tradition within group decision support uses models to structure managerial problems. In this tradition, stakeholders jointly construct a model on their issue of concern in facilitated workshops. In the past decades a wide variety of theoretical insights into and techniques for model-based decision support have been proposed and tested in practical applications. Methods are designed and used by experts; guidelines on their use are not completely spelled out in the literature. This lack of transparency may lead to difficulties in showing the value of methods to researchers in other fields, limit transferability of methods and complicate recombining elements of methods into a multimethodology. In this paper we aim to contribute to transparency by contrasting two model-driven methods: group model building (GMB) and Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA). We first develop a framework for comparing methods on a theoretical and practical level. Second, we describe the separate use of each approach, on one and the same issue, with a similar group of participants. By contrasting the choices made in a practical application we clarify process and results in different phases of problem analysis. Our conclusion is that theoretical assumptions of both approaches are more similar than expected. Each method captures different aspects of the problem and in this sense methods may supplement one another: where SODA focuses on the future and identification of actions, GMB aims to create insight into the relation between (past) behavior and structure of the problem. In choosing which element of the methods to use, it is important to realize that each element strikes a particular balance between costs (e.g. time taken from participants or modelers) and benefits (e.g. level of involvement or model verification). For instance, some elements speed up the process but do so at the cost of lowering participants’ involvement. A practical combination of elements of GMB and SODA thus requires the user to assess the relative importance of insight and action as project deliverables, weigh costs and benefits of elements of either method and string these together in a logical sequence that creates the outcomes required.
Starting Page	781
Ending Page	803
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09262644
Journal	Group Decision and Negotiation
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15729907
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-06-12
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Problem structuring methods Group model building SODA Evaluation System dynamics Facilitation Facilitated modeling Operations Research/Decision Theory Social Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Strategy and Management Social Sciences Management of Technology and Innovation Decision Sciences

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