Books

Schaffernicht, M. & Groesser, S, 2018. Growth Dynamics in New Markets: Improving Decision Making through Model-Based Management, Chichester: John Wiley. ISBN-10: 1119118239, ISBN-13: 978-1119118237

Schaffernicht, Martin FG., (2011) Observer, Modéliser, Construire et Agir comme un Système Autonome, Éditions universitaires européennes, 2011 (ISBN 978-613-1-58584-5)

“Indagación de situaciones dinámicas mediante la dinámica de sistemas”, Editorial Universidad de Talca, 2008 Espanol

Chapters

Schaffernicht, M, 2016. Policy between evolution and engineering, in César García-Díaz and Camilo Olaya (Eds.), Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity, Chichester: John Wiley, p. 56 – 89, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118974414.ch4/summary

Schaffernicht, M. (2009).   Actitudes frente a la inversión y potencial de crecimiento, in Anales del 3er Congreso de la Sociedad de Investigadores en Turismo de Chile, Jorge Negrete, Víctor Constanzo, Sergio Erazo y Rodrigo Figueroa (ed.), Sociedad de Investigadores en Turismo de Chile, ISBN 978-956-332-684-0, Chile, Valparaiso, 2009, p. 95-108

Schaffernicht, M. & Madariaga, P. (2002).   Calidad en la construcción de aprendizajes en el ámbito universitario – una propuesta de acción, en “Nuevas políticas de la educación superior”, La Coruña (España), Netbiblio, 2002, p.465 – 483

Articles

Schaffernicht, Martin FG. and Groesser, S.N. (2023). Mental Models of Dynamic Systems Are Different: Adjusting for Heterogeneous Granularity. European Journal of Operational Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.07.003 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.07.003

Schaffernicht, Martin FG. (2021). Three Generic Policies for Sustained Market Growth Based on Two Interdependent Organizational Resources—A Simulation Study and Implications, Systems 9(2): 43, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/systems9020043

Schaffernicht, Martin FG. (2019). Unrecognized interdependencies in mental models – the case for taking feedback loops into account, Systems Research and Behavioral Research, published online: 17 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2572 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sres.2572?af=R)

Schaffernicht, Martin FG. (2017). Causal attributions of vineyard executives – A mental model study of vineyard management, Wine Economics and Policy 2(6): 107-135, ISSN 2212-9774, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wep.2017.09.002. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212977417300261)

Schaffernicht, M. and Groesser, S. (2016). A competence development framework for learning and teaching system Dynamics, System Dynamics Review 32(1), p. 52-81 – DOI: 10.1002/sdr.1550

Schaffernicht, M. and Groesser, S. (2014). The SEXTANT Software: A Tool for Automating the Comparative Analysis of Mental Models of Dynamic Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, 238 (2014) 566–578, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.04.002

Madariaga, P. & Schaffernicht, M. (2013). Uso de objetos de aprendizaje para el desarrollo del pensamiento critico, Revista de Ciencias Sociales 19(3), Julio – Septiembre 2013, p. 472-484

Groesser, S. and Schaffernicht, M. (2012). Mental Models of Dynamic Systems: Taking Stock and looking ahead, System Dynamics Review 28(1), 46-68. DOI: 10.1002/sdr.476

Schaffernicht, M. and Groesser, S. (2011). A Comprehensive Method for Comparing Mental Models of Dynamic Systems, European Journal of Operational Research 210, 57-67, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.09.003
Schaffernicht, Martin FG., (2010).  Causal loop diagrams as means to improve the understanding of dynamic problems: a critical analysis, Systems Research and Behavioral Science 27(6), 653–666, DOI: 10.1002/sres.1018
Schaffernicht, M. and Madariaga, P., (2010). Itinerarios flexibles de exploración de modelos en base de bucles de Retroalimentación – el caso de Macrolab, Estudios Pedagógicos 36(1), 211-234, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-07052010000100012
Schaffernicht, Martin FG., (2009). Learning from rediscovering system dynamics models, Systèmes d’Information et Management 14(4), 87-105, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.9876%2Fsim.v14i4.294
Schaffernicht, M. and Madariaga, P., (2008). El trasfondo dinámico del salario ético en chile – una exploración experimental, Revista Cuadernos de Economía 49, 183-206
 
Schaffernicht, M. and Madariaga, P., (2007). Para un pensamiento causal dinámico: hacia una perspectiva educativa, Estudios Pedagógicos 23(1), p. 129-149
Schaffernicht, Martin FG., (2006). Detecting and monitoring change in models, System Dynamics Review 22(1), p. 73-88, DOI: 10.1002/sdr.329
Schaffernicht, M., R. Schmal, R. Ruiz and S. Donoso, (2006). Factores que inciden en el financiamiento de los estudios Universitarios en Chile, Sociologías 9, N° 17, 2006, p. 316-339Martin Schaffernicht, (2006). Detecting and monitoring change in models, System Dyamics Review 22(1):73-88
Schaffernicht, M. A. Ruiz-Tagle and R. Schmal, (2005). “Proposición de un modelo conceptual para la gestión de la docencia universitaria de pregrado basada en competencias”, Revista de Gestión de Tecnología y Sistemas de Información, Volume 2, Número 3, Sept. – December, 2005
Schaffernicht, M. and Madariaga, P., (2002). Aplicaciones de la cibernética en la detección temprana de problemas de enseñanza en el sistema educativo chileno”, Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa, México, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2002 (http://redie.ens.uabc.mx).

Schaffernicht, M. and Madariaga, P., (2002). Hacia el Mejoramiento Continuo en la Educación, Perfiles Educativos (México), vol. XXIII, núm. 94, 2002

Professional publications

Schaffernicht, Martin FG. (2012). Aplicación del análisis de sistemas a las ciudades y al transporte público urbano, Documento de proyecto “Innovación ambiental de servicios urbanos y de infraestructura: hacia una economía baja en carbono”, Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), United Nations, Santiago de Chile, Enero 2012

Invited keynotes

Mapping and simulation as means to improve mental models of dynamic systems, The Asia-Pacific System Dynamics Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Tokyo, Japan, February 22-24, 2014

“Aprendiendo sobre sistemas complejos mediante el modelado y la simulación”, Conferencia Internacional “Responsabilidad Social y Desarrollo en la Educación Superior: Latinoamérica y Europa”, Proyecto ALFA PCRO, Lima, December 2011

Conferences

Schaffernicht, M. and Groesser, S., (2018). Making Mental Models of Dynamic Systems Comparable, 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Reikjavik, Iceland, August 2018

Schaffernicht, M. (2017). Shed light on dark feedback loops! – The consequences of not recognizing feedback loops for the dominant management logic. The 35th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society. Cambridge, MA, System Dynamics Society.

Schaffernicht, M. (2017). Now you hear it, now you don’t. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Administration and Economics, Talca, 2017

Schaffernicht, M. (2017). No más AFP – un simulador para analizar las propuestas de reforma. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Administration and Economics, Talca, 2017

Schaffernicht, M. (2017). Usando datos de análisis institucional para la planificación de recursos. Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Administration and Economics, Talca, 2017

Schaffernicht, M. (2016). Mental model comparison: recognized feedback loops versus shortest independent loop set, CLAIO Latin-Iberoamerican Conference on Operations Research, Santiago de Chile, Chile, October 2016

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2016). Mental model comparison: current methodic challenges and advances, 34th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, Netherlands, July 2016

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2015).Capturing Managerial Cognition in Chilean Wineries: Hardening a New Method to Elicit and Code Mental Models of Dynamic Systems, 33rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 2015

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2014). Towards a System Dynamics Competence Framework, 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, Netherlands, July 2014

Van Dalen, E. & Schaffernicht, M. (2014). Towards System Dynamics and Serious Games, 32nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Delft, Netherlands, July 2014

Schaffernicht, M. and Rivero, S. (2014) Classroom experiments and computer programming for learning about economics: the case of the Moai game, 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia (Spain), March 2014

Schaffernicht, M (2013). Stability: learning to design a decision policy for steering a business resource – a system dynamics approach. 6º International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Sevilla (España), pp. 7412-7419. 18-20/11/2013

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2013). The SEXTANT Software: A Tool for Automating the Comparative Analysis of Mental Models of Dynamic Systems. Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL, August 2013

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2013). Absent or distant?  On the use of indirect causal links and chains of causal links to compare mental models of dynamic systems. 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA, July 2013

Schaffernicht, M & Fürstenau, B. (2013). Exploring the mutual benefits of collaboration with Concept Mapping – preliminary results and some puzzles, 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA, July 2013

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2013). Learning objectives for successive development stages of system dynamics competency. 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA, July 2013

Groesser, S. & Schaffernicht, M  (2013). Eliciting Managers’ Mental Models of Dynamic Systems: Where are We and Where to Go?. 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Cambridge, MA, July 2013

Schaffernicht, M. (2013): Über die komplexe Aufgabe, betriebliche Ressourcen zu steuern: der Governator als modellgestützte Lernumgebung, Konferenz für Wirtschafts- und Sozialkybernetik, Bern (Ch), July 2013, p. 223-238

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2012). Learning to Think in Circles: Improving Mental Models of a Dynamic System, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, St. Gallen, Switzerland, July 2012

Schaffernicht, M & Oyala, C. (2012). Modeling as Autonomous System: Varela Meets Darwin, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, St. Gallen, Switzerland, July 2012

Schaffernicht, M (2011). The use of qualitative modeling to derive qualitative policy implications from structural aspects of a model – a practical case, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Washington, DC, USA., July 2011

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2010). Mental Models of Dynamical Systems: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead, Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, South Korea, July 2010.

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2010). Automating the comparison of mental models of dynamical systems Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, South Korea, July 2010

Schaffernicht, M & Madariaga, P. (2010). What is learned in system dynamics education: a competency-based representation based upon Bloom’s taxonomy. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Seoul, South Korea, July 2010

Schaffernicht, M & Madariaga, P. (2009). Redescubrimiento guiado de sistemas complejos mediante simuladores de dinámica de sistemas, Proceedings of the ENEFA 2009, Antofagasta, Chile, November 2009

Schaffernicht, M., (2009). Comparación de escuelas de pensamiento económico con diagramas de bucle causal, Actas del Séptimo Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Santa Marta, Colombia, November 2009

Schaffernicht, M & Groesser, S. (2009). What’s in a mental model of a dynamic system? On the conceptual structure and approaches to model comparison, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, USA., July 2009

Schaffernicht, M., (2009). Towards the use of model structure analysis for designing flexible learning itineraries, Proceedings of the 27th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Albuquerque, USA, July 2009

Schaffernicht, M., Madariaga, P., Kunc, M. & Torre, JP. (2008). ¿Cuánto se aprende al explorar un modelo de simulación?  Hacia el concepto del redescubrimiento guiado, Actas del Sexto Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Santiago de Chile, October 2008

Schaffernicht, M., Quiroz. J., & Aravena, C. (2008). Hacia el uso de los bucles de retroalimentación en el diseño instruccional – el caso de MacroLab, Actas del Sexto Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Santiago de Chile, October 2008

Schaffernicht, M., (2008). How much can be learned by exploring an existing model?  The concept of guided rediscovery, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Athens, Greece, July 2008

Schaffernicht, M., (2007). Explorando el trasfondo dinámico del salario ético en Chile – un enfoque experimental, Actas del 5to Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2007

Schaffernicht, M., (2007). Causality and diagrams for system dynamics, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, USA, July 2007

Schaffernicht, M., (2007). Educational quality and equality – why are they so hard to reconcile? Proceedings of the 25th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, USA, July 2007

Schaffernicht, M., (2006). Modifying the Beer Game to make its dynamic structure more salient, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Nijmegen, Netherlands, July 2006

Schaffernicht, M., (2006). LaTina – An online system for teaching and learning stock-and-flow thinking skills, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Nijmegen, Netherlands, July 2006

Schaffernicht, M., Schmal, R., Ruiz, R. & Donoso, S. (2005). Bases para Diseñar un Modelo de Financiamiento de los Estudios Superiores en Chile, Actas del Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, November 2005

Schaffernicht, M., (2005). Reconocer y estimar flujos y niveles: primeros resultados de un estudio empírico, Actas del Tercer Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, November 2005

Schaffernicht, M., (2005).  Are you experienced? A model for the learning of systems thinking skills, Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Boston, USA, July 2005

Schaffernicht, M., (2004). ¿Qué es un modelo de dinámica de sistemas?, Actas del Segundo Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Talca, Chile, November 2004

Schaffernicht, M., (2004). Do models evolve? Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Oxford, Great Britain, July 2004

Schaffernicht, M., Schmal, R. & Donoso, S. (2003). Towards the generation of a web-based information system on school quality in Chile’s educational system, Proceedings of “Building society through e-commerce – COLLECTER-LatAm”, Santiago, Chile, October 2003, p. 365

Schaffernicht, M.& Madariaga, P. (2003). Use and abuse of information technology by university students – some surprising facts, Proceedings of “Building society through e-commerce – COLLECTER-LatAm”, Santiago, Chile, October 2003, p. 335

Schaffernicht, M., (2004). ¿Puede un modelo de dinámica de sistemas capturar el aprendizaje en doble bucle?, Actas del 1er Congreso Latinoamericano de Dinámica de Sistemas, Monterrey, Mexico, April 2003

Schaffernicht, M.& Madariaga, P. (2002). A Method for Managing Instruction, Proceedings of the  6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics,  Orlando, USA, July 2002

Schaffernicht, M.& Madariaga, P. (2001). “Hacia el Mejoramiento Continuo de la Capacitación en el Proyecto ENLACES”, Taller Internacional de Software Educativo, Chile, December 2001

Schaffernicht, M., (2001). A Method for Managing Organizational Learning, Proceedings of the  5th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, vol. II, p. 215-220, Orlando, USA, July 2001

Schaffernicht, M., (1999). Managing Improvement amongst Autonomous Actors with OMCA – the case of the Chilean Educational Reform, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Wellington, New Zealand, July 1999

Schaffernicht, M., (1999). Facilitating Students’ Perception of Systemic Concepts through ‘Systemic Exploratories’, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, Wellington, New Zealand, July 1999