Designing a Model for Employment Development in Yazd Province by the System Dynamics Approach

Subject Areas : Industrial Management

Hamed Fallah Tafti ¹ , Syed Ali Naghavi ² , Mir-Mohammad Asaadi Firuzabadi ³

1 - Assistant Professor, Yazd Jahad Daneshgahi Higher Education Institute, Yazd, Iran
2 - M.A Student in Industrial Engineering, Yazd Jahad Daneshgahi Higher Education Institute, Yazd, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Yazd Jahad Daneshgahi Higher Education Institute, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2018-01-07 Accepted : 2018-01-07 Published : 2013-11-22

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Abstract :

The inquiry about labor market evaluation in provinces of the country shows that Yazd is one of the provinces that have been faced with the more increasing unemployment rate in the recent years; as the unemployment rate in this province has increased from 5.2% in 1375 to 9.4% in 1389. In this research, we intend to identify the major effective factors on employment development by designing the Yazd province employment model. We also intend to anticipate the future of the province employment with regard to the reciprocal relations of the factors and with attention to various environmental and demographic circumstances. The implementation of this model offers several scenarios in employment development on the basis of system dynamics principles; that can help the major decision makers choose the appropriate policies. The mentioned model is designed on the basis of system dynamics methods. For this reason, the Yazd province employment development was simulated by “Vensim PLE” software concerning the public and private sectors. A period of 30 years from 1385 to 1415 was selected for implementation and test validity of the model. In the end, after explaining the conceived situation for the future of the province employment, with presenting results of the model, a number of suggestions will be given to help choose the appropriate policies in taking future opportunities and increasing the management power against future threats.  

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