...Brenda Lorena Flores Hidalgo; Jesús Jaime Moreno Escobar; Hugo Quintana Espinosa; Oswaldo Morales Matamoros Purpose This study provides a viable system model (VSM) for the Delfiniti Mexico organization to assist in strategic restructuring and to contribute to its entry into the health tourism...

...Elamurugan Balasundaram Purpose This article develops a multi-level cybernetic framework conceptualising trust as the primary complexity-reducing medium in digital financial inclusion (DFI) systems, integrating Luhmann's social systems theory, Beer's viable system model (VSM) and the algorithmic...

...Richard Sean O'Rourke Purpose This article argues that W. Ross Ashby's formal intelligence-amplifier architecture (1956) and Stafford Beer's viable system model (Beer, 1984) together constitute a more precise and more diagnostically powerful account of large language model (LLM) systems than...

... on how structures and interactions co-shape the experience of academic publishing. Interactions Structures CyberSystemics Cybernetics Systems thinking Publishing a paper Viable system model System dynamics To fully understand any interaction, a requisitely holistic overview should...

...Sharen Paine; Jeff Foote Purpose Health systems worldwide are hampered by disconnects between governance, management, and operations, which negatively impact on their ability to deliver efficient, effective, and safe healthcare services. This paper shows how insights from the Viable System Model...

... framework based on the halal principles and the Viable System Model (VSM) to identify the existing players and stakeholders in the halal industry ecosystem in Uzbekistan and their respective roles and functions, as well as the information flows amongst them. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... Model. The author used Dynamic Causal Diagrams and the Viable System Model to draw conclusions and build theory. The author examined 137 documents produced by Errico Malatesta, studying in detail 39 documents containing the researched concepts. Findings The article identifies the literature...

... knowledge flows to uncover the relationships between KM inputs, knowledge processes and KM performance. We adopt the viable system model (VSM) as a theoretical lens to identify KM mechanisms. Findings By identifying six KM mechanisms, we contribute to the theoretical understanding of how KM inputs...

... to eliminate organisations’ dangerous and socially irresponsible behaviour. This paper aims to examine how the viable system model (the VSM) used as a diagnostic tool can help organisations support socially responsible behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Given the variety of systems methodologies...

...Pedro Pablo Cardoso Castro; Angela Espinosa Purpose The purpose of this is to explore the potential of the combined use of the viable system model (VSM) and social network analysis (SNA) to identify organizational pathologies. Design/methodology/approach Using a well-documented case study...

...Sahar Saeed Rezk; Shahinaz Gamal Purpose Viable system model (VSM) is a powerful tool mainly used to describe, solve and control systems’ complex problems autonomously. It enables systems to be flexible so that they can survive by rapidly responding and adapting their behaviors to any expected...

...Amin Vahidi; Alireza Aliahmadi; Ebrahim Teimoury Purpose This paper reviews the underpinning principles and scientific trends of cybernetics and the viable system model (VSM). Therefore, this paper aims to guide authors and managers active in management cybernetics and to inform them about...

...Markus Schwaninger Purpose This paper aims to revisit the viable system model (VSM) discussing it from both the theoretical and the empirical standpoints, and ascertaining its relevance for organizational governance. Design/methodology/approach A combination of theoretical and empirical...

...Markus Orengo Purpose This paper aims to capture current difficulties with the practical application of the viable system model (VSM). On this basis, a set of suggestions toward a more effective application of the model is made. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on observations...

... society, economy and ecology are united in an evolutionary process based on multiple symbiosis. Design/methodology/approach – An integrative concept for sustainable renewal is presented, based on Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM). The core of that concept is a recursive structure, which organizes...

...Dr Raul Espejo; Benjamin Sagalovsky Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the organizational implications of transformative Lean Deployment initiatives, leveraging the Viable System Model to understand what is needed organizationally so these initiatives can succeed and take root...

...Dr Raul Espejo; Raul Espejo Purpose – Illustrate supported by Beer’s Viable System Model and four vignettes the relevance of self-organisation, recursive structures, self-reference and reflexivity in policy processes. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach...

... “Brain of the Firm” (Beer, 1981), the first of his books on the Viable System Model, and brought the manuscript with him when he went to Chile. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 The basic journalistic questions: who, what, when, where and why are a good start. A technique called...

...Julio César Puche Regaliza Purpose – This paper aims to extend the scope of the viable system model (VSM), which was developed by Stafford Beer in favour of its formalisation and practical application, to overcome the criticism about its abstract nature. Design/methodology/approach...

...David T. Robinson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a short research study that introduced a group of busy managers, in an organisation in turmoil, to Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) through the use of a personal construct, developed by Allenna Leonard...