...., 2024). Funding: This research received no external funding. Mathematical modelling Cybernetics Philosophy Management information systems Ecology Viable systems Current environmental crises—such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and socio-ecological dissociation—can...

... Jenkinson can be contacted at: angus.jenkinson@thinking.partners 27 06 2025 14 11 2025 01 12 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Governance Environmental management Epistemology Viable systems Ecology...

... to stop anyone from using their platforms without discussion (e.g. Warren, 2022). Internet Politics Governance Viable systems Systems theory Social engineering I acknowledging Alexander Bogdanov as an early Systems thinker [1] and his ideas and contributions to his society...

... terms such as cybernetics, cybernetics systems, complex adaptive systems, viable system models (VSM), agent-based modeling, feedback loops and complexity systems. Design/methodology/approach The analysis leveraged R Studio’s biblioshiny function to perform bibliometric mapping. Keyword searches were...

.../approach The proposed framework is developed based on Beer’s OC and the viable system model (VSM). This study adopts the guidelines for applying the VSM described by Stafford Beer and José Pérez Ríos. Findings The framework presents a comprehensive explanation of the essential functions of a viable...

... these theories were originally setup for cognitive processes, this paper suggests extensions to model a complex adaptive system framework for management and marketing studies. Open systems Cybernetics Self-organization Viable systems Systems theory Cultural agency theory Human activity systems...

...Dr Raul Espejo; Panagiotis Panagiotakopoulos; Angela Espinosa; Jon Walker Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose the Viable System Model (VSM) as an effective model to base the analysis of organizational sustainability (long-term viability). It is specifically proposed as a model...

...Julio César Puche Regaliza Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to detect the degree of influence between applying the Viable Systems Model (VSM), developed by Stafford Beer, on a software project and its viability or success. Design/methodology/approach – The authors performed...

...Sandra Hildbrand; Shamim Bodhanya Purpose – Although many cases where viable system model (VSM) was successfully applied exist, hardly any literature advises the novice VSM user regarding the accomplishment of a VSM diagnosis. The purpose of this paper is to show practitioners and researchers how...

... inclusion Cities Citizens Power imbalances Inclusive democracy Recursive structure Complexity Viable systems This paper offers a conceptual construction of governance and democracy based on ideas of complexity (Ashby, 1964) and viability (Beer, 1979), which is illustrated with reference...

... impact understanding. Cybernetics Artists'_responsibility Artists'_education Viable systems Arts […] anybody who cares for the future of humanity should study how to revive the “aesthetic education” as Schiller described it, which has the love of beauty as its goal (Scruton, 2009, p...

... to the First International Conference on Systemic Management in Vienna, Austria on the ist May 2001. He considered vital aspects of viability with reference to the Viable System Model (VSM). This address was to have been published in the 30th Birthday Issue of this journal but due to copyright difficulties...