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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 1 - Decoding the "DNA" of Organizations (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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The Viability of Organizations Vol. 1 - Decoding the "DNA" of Organizations (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Today's complexity, speed, and need for adaptation are putting
organizations under stress. Understanding how organizations
function and truly come alive has become a critical competency. And
yet, organizations still seem to lack a solid understanding of what
constitutes meaningful, viable, and effective organizational
structures. Using the Viable System Model (VSM) as a framework,
this three-volume compendium volume offers readers a new and
comprehensive perspective on organizations and how they function
beyond the organizational chart. Moreover, it equips readers with a
rigorous methodology for analyzing organizations and addressing
deep-seated organizational dysfunctions, while also showing them
how to redesign their structures and develop better and more
tailor-made solutions. This first volume introduces readers to the
VSM and its main components. Readers are taken on a journey,
allowing them to rediscover all-too-familiar aspects in the life of
their organization and to become aware of the critical success
factors for its smooth functioning and long-term viability. In
turn, volumes 2 and 3 provide an in-depth introduction to
diagnosing and designing organizations with the help of the VSM.
For academics, this compendium rediscovers a theoretical
perspective that can help them understand macro-structural issues;
at the same time, for VSM experts and researchers alike, it
resolves many open aspects in the VSM framework. "This compendium
is a most welcome contribution to Organizational Cybernetics. Lassl
provides a detailed analytical and insightful perspective on the
currently most powerful organization theory, which is a key to
mastering complexity: the Viable System Model. The author also
finds new, creative ways of showing the practitioner how to make
the model work. If you apply it properly, you can reap huge
benefits: the viability of your organization and a prosperous
future."Prof. em. Dr. Markus Schwaninger, University of St. Gallen
"There is nothing more practical than a good theory" (K. Lewin).
This is exactly what Lassl's books exemplify and prove. By
advancing the VSM-based organizational theory and providing ample
application-related examples, these books allow the readers to look
at their organizations and management from a new perspective, and
provides them with the knowledge to trigger and implement practical
organizational changes.I have been able to draw upon many
cutting-edge examples from Lassl's books for my lectures on the
VSM, which have repeatedly convinced students of its value and
enabled them to gain an in-depth understanding of the VSM.
Particularly Lassl's elaborations on variety management and on the
axiom of requisite vertical eigen-variety are cornerstones for
every organizational design project, for value-oriented management,
and for the overall viability of the organization. I highly
recommend the book to all managers looking for ideas for
future-oriented design of organizations and of value
creation."Prof. Dr. Matthias Muller-Wiegand, Vice President
Department Business and Law, Rheinische Fachhochschule
Koeln/University of Applied Sciences
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