Transcription of INTRODUCTION TO THE VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL
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THE VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL A BRIEFING ABOUT ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE1 Raul Espejo SYNCHO Limited Website: 2003 1 This document may not be reproduced or copied without the written consent of its author. Table of Content Table of Content 2 1. WHY DO WE NEED A VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL ? 3 2. SOME DEFINITIONS 4 3. VIABLE SYSTEMS AND REQUISITE VARIETY 6 4. UNFOLDING COMPLEXITY 11 5. MECHANISMS FOR VIABILITY 18 Cohesion Mechanism 18 Adaptation Mechanism 26 6 APPLICATIONS OF THE VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL 32 Readings 35 1. WHY DO WE NEED A VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL ? The VIABLE SYSTEM MODEL (VSM) offers a holistic form of observing collective behaviours in today s societies.
An organisation is a ‘closed’ network of people in interaction producing a whole. Organisation emerges when members of a collective produce a closed network of recurrent interactions. Closed network, or ‘closure’, means that the collective has decision rules and mechanisms to make up
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