Viable System Model

Viable System Model

The Viable Systems Model, or VSM is a model of the organisational structure of any viable or autonomous system. A viable system is any system organised in such a way as to meet the demands of surviving in the changing environment. One of the prime features of systems that survive is that they are adaptable. The VSM expresses a model for a viable system, which is an abstracted cybernetic (regulation theory) description that is applicable to any organisation that is a viable system and capable of autonomy.

Read more about Viable System Model:  Overview, Components of The Viable System Model, Rules For The Viable System, Measuring Performance, Metalanguage, Applying VSM

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