creating sustainable organizations with the Viable System Model /
Patrick Hoverstadt.
Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
c2008.
xv, 320 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-314) and index.
The crisis of organisation -- Management myths, models & self fulfilling prophecies -- Overview of the viable system model -- Running the business -- Autonomy and control -- The structure of value creation -- Coordination -- Organisational cohesion-the structure of managing performance -- Organisational integrity & monitoring for trust -- Performance and viability -- Changing the business -- Intelligence -- Strategic risk -- Strategy -- Innovation -- Managing change -- Identity & purpose -- Governance.