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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Viable system model"”.
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Analysis of Project Management System Structure Using the Viable System Model (VSM)
… research was to explore the applicability of the Viable System Model as a framework for structural analysis of Project Management Systems using a case study approach. The research used a modified Viable System Model based on the work of Stafford Beer (1979) for the analysis of systems …
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Using the Viable System Model to Derive Methods for Developing Principles of Enterprise Architecture
… for developing them. Assuming enterprises as viable systems, this research aims to suggest a set of design principles based on the concepts of cybernetics, especially those embedded in the Viable System Model (VSM). Stafford Beer formulated the VSM as a blueprint for designing organisations …
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The use and application of Stafford Beer's 'Viable System Model' as a diagnostic tool
… to evaluate an organisation, Stafford Beer's Viable System Model. The model as derived in his book 'The Heart of Enterprise', is reviewed in depth as part of the research. The model is then used to diagnose two organisations, a network marketing organisation, a growing and successful …
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The viable system model (VSM) and organisation theory : a complementary approach to the case of a pharmaceutical manufacturer
… is to explore the relationships between Beer's viable system model (VSM) and mainstream functionalist organisation theory.The latter is taken to include the classical, behavioural and systems models of organisation. For completeness, we also consider organisation theory situated in the …
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Technology for enabling : the implications for management science of a hermeneutics of distinction
… within which an application of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) makes cybernetic sense. The thesis will attempt to explain how such a context is presently not clearly ennunciated, and why such a lack hinders communications of the model together with its consequent effective take-up by …
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On Self Organising Cyberdynamic Policy
The de facto model of what it means to be effectively organised, hence cybernetically viable, is Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM). Many studies attest to the efficacy of what the VSM proposes, however, these appear to be largely confined to human based organisations of particular types …
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Performance evaluation in the National Health Service - a systems approach
This research explores the contribution which systems theories, methodologies and models can make in the design and application of effective performance-evaluation processes. Approaches to performance assessment of organisations are reviewed, and the history and structure of the NHS, its …
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Evolutionary environmental modelling in self-managing software systems
… richness and sophistication of modem software systems has challenged conventional design-time software modelling analysis and has led to a number of studies exploring non-conventional approaches particularly those inspired by nature. The natural world routinely produces organisms that can not …
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The viable governance model (VGM) : a theoretical model of IT governance with a corporate setting
… research into the formulation of a holistic model of IT governance that integrates the growing collection of parts into a coherent whole. To further advance the concept of IT governance, the Viable Governance Model (VGM) is proposed. The VGM is a theoretical model of IT governance within a …
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A critical process for the evaluation of methodology
This thesis uses Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a basic philosophy to explore how to create a critical process for evaluating methodology. CST is different from the other two mainstreams of systems thinking (Hard Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Thinking) in terms of its emphasis on …
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A systems approach to the development of large Geographic Information Systems
Large computer-based information systems seldom achieve unqualified success. The major problem is organisational rather than technical, hence to achieve greater success in system implementation greater emphasis must be given to organisational issues than to technology. Current practise, however, …
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Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities: a methodology for regeneration programs
… in the development of the Quality Management Systems, self-organized working groups were introduced and became a common practice in management. In the last ten years some authors – influenced by the developments in the study of Complex Systems – have reintroduced the self-organization concept …
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A viability study of independent power producers in the South African electricity supply market - A case study of Northern Cape Province
… energy market was addressed using Beer’s viable system model (VSM). The VSM was used in both the diagnostic (descriptive) and the design (prescriptive) modes. The REIPPPP’s institutional setting was diagnosed to identify deficiencies within the programme. The diagnostic mode of the VSM …
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Systems Theory-Based Construct for Identifying Metasystem Pathologies for Complex System Governance
<p>The purpose of this research was to develop a systems theory-based construct for metasystem pathologies identification in support of the problem formulation phase of systems-based methodologies using an inductive research design. Problem formulation has been identified as one of the most …
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'Quality management or management quality?' : an adaptive model of organization as the basis of organizational learning and quality provision
… of a management tool, the development of the model that drives the solution was circular. Not unlike the serpent eating its own tail the process of model building was iterative, informed by the results of earlier research and consulting interventions. Because of its circuitous route the …