Epistemological Considerations of VSM Case Studies

摘要：

I. Introduction In this paper I discuss key concepts that explain case studies which use the Viable System Model (Beer, 1979, 1981, 1985).I will first explain the idea of organisation, then explore the concept of communications, in particular communications between autonomous systems, and finally 1*11 discuss the idea of structural embodiment of policies supported by the distinction between the informational and operational domains.To illustrate these concepts I use a particular case study, Trident Ltd., a British company (Espejo and Bowling, 1996, Espejo, 2011).This was a Company that attempted, unsuccessfully, to transform its hierarchical structure to a cellular non-hierarchical structure over a decade from the mid 1990s.

作者: Raul Espejo

作者单位: Syncho Ltd.and World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Grey System and Intelligent Services Joint with the 15th WOSC International Congress on Cybernetics and System(2011 IEEE灰色系统与智能服务国际会议暨系统与控制世界组织第15届年会)

会议地点: 南京

会议语种:英文

页码: 908-910

在线出版日期: 2011-09-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）