TY - GEN
T1 - Enhanced viability in organizations
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2013
AU - Elezi, F.
AU - Schmidt, M.
AU - Tommelein, I. D.
AU - Lindemann, U.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 IEEE.
PY - 2014/11/18
Y1 - 2014/11/18
N2 - The Viable System Model (VSM) is a functional model of organizational structures whose implementation results in a presumably viable system. Despite scientific arguments and successful implementations in organizations, the VSM is still not widely used in practice. A reason may be that the VSM as defined by Beer addresses only the structural domain of the control (management) system in an organization and appears to miss some prerequisites for viability. Aiming for a more comprehensive approach for implementation of the VSM in practice, this paper proposes six enhanced requirements (prerequisites for viability) that organizations should try to fulfill in addition to the structural requirements. These six are deduced by analogies to 'natural' viable systems, esp. The human body.
AB - The Viable System Model (VSM) is a functional model of organizational structures whose implementation results in a presumably viable system. Despite scientific arguments and successful implementations in organizations, the VSM is still not widely used in practice. A reason may be that the VSM as defined by Beer addresses only the structural domain of the control (management) system in an organization and appears to miss some prerequisites for viability. Aiming for a more comprehensive approach for implementation of the VSM in practice, this paper proposes six enhanced requirements (prerequisites for viability) that organizations should try to fulfill in addition to the structural requirements. These six are deduced by analogies to 'natural' viable systems, esp. The human body.
KW - Management Cybernetics
KW - Organizational Structures
KW - Viability Requirements
KW - Viable System Model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84914171498&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962483
DO - 10.1109/IEEM.2013.6962483
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84914171498
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
SP - 605
EP - 610
BT - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 10 December 2013 through 13 December 2013
ER -