Embodiments of Organizational Fitness. The Viable System Model (VSM) as a Guide
Journal
Systems Practice
ISSN
0894-9859
Type
journal article
Date Issued
1990
Author(s)
Abstract
Managers are facing new problems in their quest for organizational fitness. With environments of growing complexity, foresight, adaptability, and learning become critical features for a social system to survive and develop. Established models of organizational control are insufficient to cope with this proliferating complexity. The science of cybernetics provides powerful models to master this key challenge to management. The present article offers a synthesis of Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) and a multilevel concept of organizational fitness, based on recent progress made in the field of planning theory.
Language
English
Keywords
organizational effectiveness
Viable System Model (VSM)
planning - theory
control systems
organizational fitness
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Publisher
Plenum
Publisher place
Press
Volume
3
Number
3
Start page
249
End page
264
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
8631
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