Agent-based modelling and simulation of task execution and coordination in distributed organisations: the psychosocial dynamic interaction perspective. (2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Haibin; Cheng, Yufang; Bo, Qinghe
• Is Part Of: International journal of simulation and process modelling. Volume 13:Number 6(2018)
• Page Start: 604
• Page End: 621
• Publication Date: 2018
• Subjects: distributed organisations -- self-efficacy -- theory of planned behaviour -- TPB -- agent-based model -- simulation; Management -- Computer simulation -- Periodicals; Mathematical models -- Periodicals; Operations research -- Periodicals; Simulation methods -- Periodicals; 003.05
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-2123

Abstract

The research presents a psychosocial dynamic model of members' commitment to perform local tasks and global tasks under a distributed context. Based on theory of planned behaviour, we explore how local task self-efficacy and IT self-efficacy evolve with a computational model. The simulation results of the aerospace industry show that the organisation will emerge to a non-balanced state of development. Moreover, sites which form the distributed organisation will evolve to the independent locations in the end. For overcoming these situations, the study proposes a strategy - 'resisting foreign aggression home safe'. Moreover, a high rate of global tasks accomplishment can be achieved by improving members' IT self-efficacy, which brings in more communication and coordination between separated sites. For distributed organisations, the higher and the lower coordination are not rewarding, while the high local task self-efficacy and the moderate IT self-efficacy are beneficial.