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Regular users
generally don’t like change. When simulation is employed to solve problems,
users are generally management or industrial engineers, not the providers to
whom the solutions are routinely applied. Without a comprehensive
introduction to the tool and its potential, non users view simulation based
recommendations as ‘black-box” answers to complex problems.
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To gain acceptance
of any solution, regardless of its source, it is imperative that every member
of the affected group be involved in the decision-making process. The more
complex the problem, the more critical management support and commitment
become.
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There is
considerable resistance to the dehumanizing nature of time and motion
analysis. Most workers in general, and health care providers in particular,
regard such things as treatment-time evaluation and standardization as
unreasonable and unrealistic.
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Healthcare
environment is far more complex than any industrial environment. The idea is
to be as flexible as possible and to avoid being imprisoned by your own
methods. Take advantage of all the opportunities offered by opposing views by
evaluating the model’s sensitivity to its inputs.
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(Lowery et. al.,
1994)
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