Kybernetes: Volume 39 Issue 9/10

Model‐based management (MBM): a vital prerequisite for organizational viability

Markus Schwaninger

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and conceptualize the topic of Model‐based management (MBM) in organizations.

Why markets make mistakes

Henry Birdseye Weil

Many models of markets are based on assumptions of rationality, transparency, efficiency, and homogeneity in various combinations. This paper aims to explain why markets routinely…

Modeling drivers of organizational change

Peter M. Milling, Nicole S. Zimmermann

It is the purpose of this paper to analyze drivers of organizational change as well as their inhibitors with a particular focus on the influence of management and the environment.

Merger dynamics: Using system dynamics for the conceptual integration of a fragmented knowledge base

Switbert Miczka, Andreas Größler

Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) have drawn the attention of researchers for several decades. Many studies have investigated the factors apparently influencing the success of an…

Heuristic‐based management (I): variation

Nelson L. Lammoglia, Camilo Olaya, Jorge Villalobos, Juan P. Calderón, Juan A. Valdivia, Roberto Zarama

The paper considers model‐based management and, based on it, proposes a heuristic‐based management. This paper aims to assert that heuristic‐based management, for complex systems…

Models of organizational cybernetics for diagnosis and design

José Pérez Ríos

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a framework, based on Beer's viable system model (VSM) that enables managers of public and private organizations to cope with the…

Brain‐supporting environments for decision making in complex systems

Sebastian Hetzler

This paper aims to address the issue of modeling and model‐based management from a psycho‐ and sociological perspective, showing that the requisite decision‐making models are a…

Role and contribution of formal models to governing: a heuristic

Ralf‐Eckhard Türke

The paper aims to investigate the link between models and system results. It looks at fundamental principles underlying social activities and strives to understand the logical…

Using a system dynamics approach for identifying and removing management model inadequacy

Kristjan Ambroz, Alda Derencin

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how system dynamics (SD) modeling can help in cases where the management models used by an organization are not adequate for the task at…

Five experiences with the viable system model

Martin Pfiffner

The paper is a call and an invitation to more application research on the viable system model (VSM). It aims to share five empirical findings from the practical application of the…

Organization from a systemic perspective: Application of the viable system model to the Swiss Youth Hostel Association

Benjamin Gmür, Andreas Bartelt, Ramon Kissling

The paper's aim is to provide the reader with an example of the application of Beer's viable system model (VSM), to present the crucial steps of analyzing and improving a complex…

Dynamic cost benefit analysis for mental health reform

Eric Wolstenholme, David Monk, David Todd

This paper aims to describe the application of system dynamics to enhance traditional cost benefit analysis (CBA) in planning a significant expansion of therapy capacity for…

Model‐based management in start‐ups: A retrospective on the role of models in building new financial businesses

Stefan Michal Wasilewski

The paper's aim is to share honest insights into how one management team used model‐based management to establish new businesses and products.

Model‐based lawmaking and the curious case of the Colombian criminal justice system

Camilo Olaya

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the significance and necessity of adequate management tools to face dynamic complexity. In particular, the paper shows the importance…

Preface

Brian H. Rudall

A manifesto for model-based management

Markus Schwaninger, Jose Perez Ríos