Construction of Simulators as a fundamental Element of Organizational Self-awareness

One of the predominant features of the human species is the desire to understand and influence the environment and the ability to adapt to it. These features have led humans to create complex social structures. In this complex system it is crucial to control, by any entity, the vital parameters for their optimal functioning, becoming exponential when referring to complex entities such as organizations. Due to the organizations complexity it is important to assess at an early stage its performance. Therefore simulators have a fundamental role in Organizational Self-awareness and help to control the organization's vital parameters. Under the body of knowledge and principles of Organizational Engineering, and other theoretical and practical knowledge, this study proposes to highlight the importance of using simulators: i) as a fundamental element of organizational self-awareness, ii) to identify the fundamental elements of an organizational simulator Meta-Model; iii) to identify the essential elements of a simulator developed to assist in the calculation of the number of flying hours per year, wire driver of the Portuguese Air Force planning.