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.