Posts Tagged ‘VSM’

13
Jan

Cybernetics – start here guide

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in cybernetics


originally put in place for a predecessor weblog (http://cep.weblogger.com) this page was still  under construction at the time that this website was started… it may be updated sometime…. the links marked “#” point to the articles on the weblogger site:

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American Society for Cybernetics  
Website
History and Development of Cybernetics (slides) 
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Ashby, W. Ross   book

Autopoiesis                                                
#   #2

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BAM (Business Activity Monitoring)            
#

Bateson, Gregory

Tags: CEP, Complex Event Processing, cybernetics, model, models, VSM

11
Jan

Squidoo Lens: Viable Systems Model

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in cybernetics

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Squidoo:

Another Squidoo lens …. This one dedicated to exploring the work of Stafford Beer and the development of his VSM. It is especially interested in the application of cybernetics to the field of organizational design, management and control. goto

Tags: CEP, cybernetics, model, Stafford Beer, VSM

Anyone familiar with the work of Stafford Beer  in the area of Viable Systems (VSM) will want to see the practical application of the model and the role that managerial cybernetics can play in coping with environmental complexity.

By Raul Espejo, Werner Schuuhmann, Markus Schwaninger & Ulbaldo Bilello (Wiley 1996) this book is both theoretical and practical… a rare feat that is carried off extremely well by these authors .

Tags: cybernetics, management, model, models, Stafford Beer, Systems, VSM

The Viable System Model (VSM) offers a holistic form
of observing collective behaviours in today’s societies. Its history
goes back into the late 1950s. Stafford Beer created it in the context
of the earlier work in cybernetics by Norbert Wiener, Warren McCulloch
and Ross Ashby.

Over the past twenty years its methods have evolved in the context of the work of Syncho Ltd.,
a small research and consultancy company associated to the Aston
Science Park, Birmingham, UK. The work has been driven by their desire
“to understand why institutions, whether large or small, public or
private, are as they are and how we can intervene to make them work
better for their stakeholders.”

Tags: cybernetics, design, model, models, science, Stafford Beer, Systems, VSM

11
Jan

An overview of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in cybernetics

Intended Audience:

Intelligent laymen interested in “How things really work” and how they could work better ….


  • Why do our organizations have so much trouble meeting their objectives?


  • Why are they in constant crisis?


  • Why doesn’t reorganization improve things?

Most of us know very little about how the organizations which influence our lives actually function. This is because we lack any but the most rudimentary concepts for thinking about them.

Tags: CEP, cybernetics, model, Stafford Beer, VSM

11
Jan

The VSM – a guide for co-operatives and federations

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in cybernetics

How to design a healthy business:

The
use of the Viable Systems Model in the diagnosis and design of
organisational structures in co-operatives and other social economy
enterprises.

A manual for the diagnosis and design of
organisational structures to enable social economy enterprises to
function with increased efficiency without compromising democratic
principles

goto
Posted by David Soul on 12/26/04; 9:06:52 PM
in the Cybernetics section.


permalink#

Tags: CEP, cybernetics, design, model, Systems, VSM

Dr. Whitaker's ACM siggroup pages
on 'Self-organization' (which is a popular theme in current studies of
human social activity, enterprises, and IT) introduce one
well-developed theory of self-organization (autopoietic theory) and
discusses its application to enterprises and their management. The goto
 link takes you to Section II of work (it assumes a familiarity with
the basic concepts and terminology of autopoietic theory ….if you do
not currently possess such understanding, best to proceed step-by-step
through Section I: “Overview of Autopoietic Theory”

Tags: autopoiesis, CEP, cybernetics, model, Stafford Beer, VSM

9
Jan

Squidoo Lens: Viable Systems Model

   Posted by: dhcsoul    in cybernetics

Squidoo : Lenses : Viable System Model
This lens is dedicated to exploring the work of Stafford Beer and the development of his VSM.
It is especially interested in the applicaton of cybernetics to the field of organizational design, management and control.

Tags: cybernetics, model, Stafford Beer, VSM

8
Jan

links for 2006-01-08

   Posted by: dsoul    in Breadcrumbs

Tags: cybernetics, model, models, science, Stafford Beer, VSM

2
Jan

links for 2006-01-02

   Posted by: dsoul    in Breadcrumbs

Tags: CEP, cybernetics, model, VSM