The Viability of Organizations Vol. 1 : Decoding the "DNA" of Organizations

Life, viability, and the art of keeping one’s balance -- VSM in fifteen minutes - How does a soccer club function? -- The product – core and foundation of the organization -- „Joining and coordinating forces“ – The operational metasystem (part 1) -- “Controlling and Optimizing” - The operational metasystem (part 2) -- „Looking outside“ - The strategic metasystem (part 1) -- „Creating orientation and direction“ - The strategic metasystem (part 2) -- Decisiveness and closure “- The normative metasystem (part 1) -- „Facing responsibility“ - The normative metasystem (part 2) -- The Recursivity of Organization -- “If we knew (and let know), what we know …” - Organizations as information, transduction, and power systems -- The VSM – does it apply to real-life organizations? -- „The bigger picture“ – some of the VSM’s key messages -- Not an epilog, but the point to set the sails