Organizational Systems: Managing Complexity with the Viable System Model Contributor(s): Espejo, Raul (Author), Reyes, Alfonso (Author) |
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ISBN: 3642191088 ISBN-13: 9783642191084 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: Bulgarian Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior - Business & Economics | Strategic Planning - Business & Economics | Management Science |
Dewey: 658.4 |
LCCN: 2011924534 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Organizational Systems clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. Readers learn to appreciate the relevance of seeing the systemic coherence of the world. The book argues that many of the problems we experience today are routed in our practice of fragmenting that needs to be connected as a whole. It offers a method to study and design organizations and a methodology to deal with implementation problems. It is the outcome of many years of working experience with government offices as well as with all kinds of public and private enterprises. At a more detailed level this book offers an in depth discussion of variety engineering that is not available either in the primary or secondary literature. |