| Author | Saw Nyunt |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-90-17 |
| Subject(s) | Production planning
|
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | A system's dynamics model is developed to analyze the micro-structure of an organization
undergoing decline. Relationships among the following variables, namely, resources allocated to
productive and control sectors, innovation, workers' morale, organizational turbulence and control
activities are simulated d analyzed. The study shows that a highly centralized organization,
whethFr with compassion*e management or otherwise, would be unable to sustain growth upder
a fluctuating external demand of the product since its need to increase control will eventually
limit allocation of resources to the productive sector, thus, creating a downward effect on the
organization. In a centralized organization, the policy to direct resources to innovation creation
does not in any way help sustain the growth process in the long run, as the need for control
eventually exerts greater pressure for resource diversion to the control sector. Decoupling the
organization of the effects of control activities on innovation, worker's morale and turbulence,
or in other words, creating a decentralized system of administration, enables the organization to
sustain growth. |
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Saeed, Khalid |
| Examination Committee(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T. ;Vrat, Prem ;Weber, Karl E.
|
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Government of Belgium; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1990 |