The Viable System Model
Interpretations and Applications of Stafford Beer's VSM
Espejo(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 26. July 1989
Book
Hardback
484 pages
978-0-471-92288-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book concerns the management of social organizations, offering ways to think about complex situations. It will be of interest to management scientists, organization experts, information scientists and computer experts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
93 illustrations, table, index
Dimensions
Height: 55 mm
Width: 36 mm
Weight
800 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92288-9 (9780471922889)
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Content
Part 1 Concepts: the viable system model - its provenance, development, methodology and pathology, Stafford Beer; the need for formal development of the VSM, Ron Anderton; the VSM and Ashby's law as illuminants of historical management thought, Fred Waelchli; the VSM revisited, Raul Espejo. Part 2 Applications of the VSM: P.M.manufacturers - the VSM as a diagnostic tool, Raul Espejo; the organization of a fortress factory, R.A.Foss; application of the VSM to the trade training network in New Zealand, G.A.Britton and H.McCallion; application of the VSM to commercial broadcasting in the United States, Allenna Leonard; the evolution of a management cybernetics process, Stafford Beer; developing organizational competence in a business, Bengt A.Holmberg; strategic planning and management reorganization at an academic medical center - use of the VSM in guiding diagnosis and design, Michael U.Ben-Eli. Part 3 Methodology and epistemology: national government - disseminater regulation in real time or "how to run a country", Stafford Beer; a cybernetic method to study organizations, Raul Espejo; outside and then - an interpretative approach to the VSM, Roger J.Harnden. Part 4 Critical views: evaluation the managerial significance of the VSM, M.C.Jackson; the VSM - an ongoing conversation, Raul Espejo and Roger J.Harnden.