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Viable System Model (VSM) (PowerPoint PPTX Slide Deck)
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Stafford Beer, a British operations research theorist and cybernetician, developed the Viable System Model (VSM).
VSM is a useful framework for determining the viability of an organization. The model facilitates in ascertaining whether a business organization or a system stands a chance to survive in constantly disrupting markets and settings. The VSM offers organizations a solution that helps them balance control and efficiency.
The Viable System Model enables examining the internal and external equilibrium of an organization, pinpointing shortcomings and issues, and improving organizational systems and processes. Maintaining this equilibrium with the environment is a must for organizations and systems to be viable.
VSM encompasses 5 components or subsystems, each with distinct functions:
1. Operational Unit
2. Management Level
3. Coordination Level
4. Cognitive Level
5. Policy or Organization Ethos
These subsystems work together to achieve effective Communication, Decision Making, Feedback, and Autonomy within an organization. VSM emphasizes the importance of adaptability, resilience, and self-regulation in organizations, allowing them to thrive in dynamic and uncertain conditions.
This PowerPoint presentation discusses each of the subsystems in detail. Additional topics discussed include Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety, Axioms of Management, Beer's Principles of Organization, Factors Influencing a Self-organizing System, Purpose of an Organization, Algedonic Signals, among others.
This PowerPoint presentation on the Viable System Model also includes some slide templates for you to use in your own business presentations.
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Source: Best Practices in Organizational Design, Purpose, Business Resilience PowerPoint Slides: Viable System Model (VSM) PowerPoint (PPTX) Presentation Slide Deck, LearnPPT Consulting
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