Design and Diagnosis for Sustainable Organizations The Viable System Method [Hardcover]

How can organizations and their managers face the tremendous complexity of the current environment? How can their compliance with the requirements of sustainability be evaluated? And how can new organizations be structured to ensure their viability? This book addresses these questions in a very practical way, essentially combining systems theory with cybernetics to help managers to evaluate and shape organizations by making accessible the wealth of knowledge contained in these fields. Importantly, it also provides guidelines for its practical application.This book combines systems theory with cybernetics to help managers evaluate and shape organizations. It enables them to diagnose the health of a company and discover is their organization is able to survive and thrive.Systems Thinking, Organisational Cybernetics and the Viable System Model.- Diagnosis and Design of Organisations.- Pathologies of Organisations.- Software for VSM application.- Team Syntegrity.?

How can organizations and their managers face the tremendous complexity of the current environment? How can their compliance with the requirements of sustainability be evaluated? And how can new organizations be structured to ensure their viability? This book addresses these questions in a very practical way, essentially combining systems theory with cybernetics to help managers to evaluate and shape organizations by making accessible the wealth of knowledge contained in these fields. Importantly, it also provides guidelines for its practical application.

This book is a masterpiece! It makes a timely appearance. Jos? P?rez R?os offers precisely the essential knowledge and insights which organizational experts and managers must have in our day. This is a complete blueprint for ensuring the viability - health, robustness, and high performance - of an organization.

Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaninger,

University of St.l