the viable system model. system one units and their environments (leonard: 1999)
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The Viable System Model
System One units and their environments (Leonard: 1999)
Operation
One A
Operation
One B
Operation
One C
Present
Environment
Local
Environ -
ment
Local
Environ -
ment
Local
Environ -
ment
Management
Operation
One A
Management
Operation
One B
Management
Operation
One C
Operation
One A
Operation
One B
Operation
One C
Present
Environment
Local
Environ -
ment
Local
Environ -
ment
Local
Environ -
ment
Management
Operation
One A
Management
Operation
One B
Management
Operation
One C
Repeat of the System One units with the addition of Systems Two, Three, and Three Star
(Beer, 1979; modified)
OperationOne A
OperationOne B
OperationOne C
PresentEnvironment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
ManagementOperation
One A
ManagementOperation
One B
ManagementOperation
One C
3* System 3 2
OperationOne A
OperationOne B
OperationOne C
PresentEnvironment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
ManagementOperation
One A
ManagementOperation
One B
ManagementOperation
One C
3* System 3 2
System Four probing the future environment (Leonard, 1999)
System 4
All internal functions
concernedwith thefuture
Future
Environment
All relevantdevelopments
in theenvironment
orientedto the future
System 4
All internal functions
concernedwith thefuture
Future
Environment
All relevantdevelopments
in theenvironment
orientedto the future
Relationships among Systems 3, 4, and 5 (Beer, 1979: 262)
System 5
System 4
System 3
System 5
System 4
System 3
The Viable System Model
OperationOne A
OperationOne B
OperationOne C
PresentEnvironment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
ManagementOperation
One A
ManagementOperation
One B
ManagementOperation
One C
3* System 3 2
FutureEnvironment
System 5
System 4
OperationOne A
OperationOne B
OperationOne C
PresentEnvironment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
ManagementOperation
One A
ManagementOperation
One B
ManagementOperation
One C
3* System 3 2
OperationOne A
OperationOne B
OperationOne C
PresentEnvironment
LocalEnviron-
ment
LocalEnviron-ment
LocalEnviron-
ment
ManagementOperation
One A
ManagementOperation
One B
ManagementOperation
One C
3* System 3 2
FutureEnvironment
System 5
System 4
The VSM applied to the Chilean national economy
Industry A
IndustryB
IndustryC
Sector Comittee A
Sector Comittee B
Sector Comittee C
Ministry of Economics
CORFO / ODEPLAN(National planning office)
National office for statistics and census
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2
3
4
5
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Industry A
IndustryB
IndustryC
Sector Comittee A
Sector Comittee B
Sector Comittee C
Ministry of Economics
CORFO / ODEPLAN(National planning office)
National office for statistics and census
1
2
3
4
5
Filtre
Design of the algedonic feedback loop from the people to the government (Beer, 1981)