The Viable System Model is a cybernetic representation of the necessary functions that organizations must have in order to be able to adapt optimally to their relevant environment. It focuses on information flows and important balances that must be maintained.
The Viable System Model does not provide a recipe. It formulates the essential tasks that need to be solved. This can be done in a wide variety of organizational and social forms. Whether classic organizational structure, holocratic network, hybrid or something else: the essential tasks remain the same.
The Viable System Model is an excellent model for organizational diagnosis. It allows you to check what your specific answer is to the fundamental questions of management and where you may have weaknesses.
When change processes are imminent, the Viable System Model can provide clues as to what needs to be considered in terms of regulation and communication. It can serve as a reference model to answer design questions in organizational development processes.
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