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Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises (VOICE): Managing Business Complexity Using Agent Based Modeling
Increasing performance pressure has forced modern construction enterprises to seek growth while dealing with inherent complexity of the construction business. Business complexity (fragmented business mode, organizational complexity, etc.) has been considered a major source of performance issues in the construction industry. Unfortunately, there has been no efficient way to estimate its effects on organizational or project performance. This paper proposes a simulation-based organizational analysis platform called "Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises" (VOICE) to assess and manage business complexity of construction enterprises. A series of Agent-Based Models (ABM) were built using Repast Simphony to explore the relationship between social behaviors, organizational factors, and emergent organizational and project performance. The platform allows decision makers to simulate individual social behaviors, organizational structures, and environmental aspects of construction enterprises. Initial findings show that these factors affect the final performance of construction enterprises to an extent. As a socio-technical system, business complexity should be understood, assessed, and managed well. Results indicate that VOICE is a reliable platform to capture patterns of business complexity.
Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises (VOICE): Managing Business Complexity Using Agent Based Modeling
Increasing performance pressure has forced modern construction enterprises to seek growth while dealing with inherent complexity of the construction business. Business complexity (fragmented business mode, organizational complexity, etc.) has been considered a major source of performance issues in the construction industry. Unfortunately, there has been no efficient way to estimate its effects on organizational or project performance. This paper proposes a simulation-based organizational analysis platform called "Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises" (VOICE) to assess and manage business complexity of construction enterprises. A series of Agent-Based Models (ABM) were built using Repast Simphony to explore the relationship between social behaviors, organizational factors, and emergent organizational and project performance. The platform allows decision makers to simulate individual social behaviors, organizational structures, and environmental aspects of construction enterprises. Initial findings show that these factors affect the final performance of construction enterprises to an extent. As a socio-technical system, business complexity should be understood, assessed, and managed well. Results indicate that VOICE is a reliable platform to capture patterns of business complexity.
Virtual Organizational Imitation for Construction Enterprises (VOICE): Managing Business Complexity Using Agent Based Modeling
Du, Jing (Autor:in) / El-Gafy, Mohamed (Autor:in)
Construction Research Congress 2010 ; 2010 ; Banff, Alberta, Canada
Construction Research Congress 2010 ; 398-408
04.05.2010
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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