Describing the Necessity of Multi-Methodological Approach for Viable System Model: Case Study of Viable System Model and System Dynamics Multi-Methodology

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Vahidi ◽  
Alireza Aliahmadi
Keyword(s):  
System Dynamics ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
System Model ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Viable System

scholarly journals Design and Simulation of a Capacity Management Model Using a Digital Twin Approach Based on the Viable System Model: Case Study of an Automotive Plant

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 5567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Gallego-García ◽  
Jan Reschke ◽  
Manuel García-García
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Capacity Management ◽  
System Model ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Model Case ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Viable System

Matching supply capacity and customer demand is challenging for companies. Practitioners often fail due to a lack of information or delays in the decision-making process. Moreover, researchers fail to holistically consider demand patterns and their dynamics over time. Thus, the aim of this study is to propose a holistic approach for manufacturing organizations to change or manage their capacity. The viable system model was applied in this study. The focus of the research is the clustering of manufacturing and assembly companies. The goal of the developed capacity management model is to be able to react to all potential demand scenarios by making decisions regarding labor and correct investments and in the right moment based on the needed information. To ensure this, demand data series are analyzed enabling autonomous decision-making. In conclusion, the proposed approach enables companies to have internal mechanisms to increase their adaptability and reactivity to customer demands. In order to prove the conceptual model, a simulation of an automotive plant case study was performed, comparing it to classical approaches.

A Case Study Evaluation of the Use of the Viable System Model in Information Systems Development

2002 ◽  
pp. 17-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kawalek ◽  
D. G. Wastell
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
System Model ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Sales Team ◽  
Study Evaluation ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Is Projects

This chapter considers the usefulness of the Viable System Model (VSM) in information systems (IS) projects. The VSM is a rigorous organizational model which was developed from the study of cybernetics and has been given considerable attention by management science research. The chapter presents a case study that focuses upon the sales team of a manufacturing company. This sales team were seeking to develop database support for group working. The VSM was useful in highlighting the organizational limitations upon the IS project and challenged some assumptions about the nature of work in the company. It is proposed that the VSM provides a valuable diagnostic capability that shall assist the company in future IS developments.

scholarly journals Strengthening Business Process Modeling with the Application / Combination of Viable System Model in ICT Policy Analysis Context

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 397-403
Author(s):  
Reza Alinaghian ◽  
Azizah Abdul Rahman ◽  
Roliana Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Modeling ◽  
Business Process Modeling ◽  
System Model ◽  
Policy Management ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Ict Policy

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy is a code that clarifies the duties, responsibilities and rights of technology stakeholders and specifies acceptable and efficient ICT utilization. ICT policy life cycle encompasses four main processes which are: development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In many cases, the processes that form the life cycle of ICT policy usually stopped or failed at starting phase(s), including th e case study in this research (one of the Malaysian Public Institutions of Higher Education). Failures in ICT policy management may compromise ICT security, control and strategy in addition to incurring unnecessary expense. This paper discusses the methods utilized in conducting the study. Qualitative research and case study method were utilized to provide greater insight into this complicated phenomenon. An in-depth analysis and elaboration was performed using Viable System Model (VSM) and Hermeneutics method to diagnose and identify weaknesses, mismatches and viable requirements. The proposed model combined the perspectives of systemic functions and organizational structure of VSM with organizational processes and entities of Business Process Modeling (BPM). The application of VSM accommodated environmental dynamism, encouraged sustainable development and provided a sound theoretical platform. In combination with BPM, emphasis shifted from a specific, isolated policy domain to a business process model designed to manage overall ICT policy. An ICT policy management prototype was also developed based on the model. The model and prototype system have been verified through the case study.

A Case Study of the Use of the Viable System Model in the Organization of Software Development

2002 ◽  
pp. 120-134
Author(s):  
Peter Kawalek ◽  
David Wastell
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Management Science ◽  
Organizational Adaptation ◽  
System Model ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Development Team ◽  
Viable System

This chapter considers the usefulness of the Viable System Model (VSM) in the study of organizational adaptation. The VSM is a rigorous organizational model that was developed from the study of cybernetics and has been given considerable attention by management science research. The chapter presents a longitudinal case study that focuses upon a software development team. The VSM was useful in diagnosing the likely consequences of different organizational designs and in prescribing an alternative solution.

Seeing a case study through a cybernetic epistemological lens

Kybernetes ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 1273-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raul Espejo
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
System Model ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Viable System Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Successful Production

PurposeThis paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the knowledge that Beer's viable system model helps when applied to the study of change processes in organisations.Design/methodology/approachThis paper develops a case study constructed on interviews and shared reflections by the author and a key player in the company. Aspects of the case study are then seen with an epistemological lens.FindingsWhile it is apparent that ideas, purposes, values or policies depend on resources to happen, this paper argues that it is necessary their embodying in effective relations to succeed creating and producing desirable meanings.Research limitations/implicationsSome forms of embodiment are more effective than others. The viable system model offers embodiment criteria to increase the chances of a successful production of ideas, purposes, values and policies, and the case study shows that for this purpose a limitation is transforming long‐established relationships.Originality/valueThis paper uses a particular and unique situation to illustrate through the viable system model some of the general difficulties that organisations face in achieving desirable transformations.

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