Organizational Cybernetics and Urban Planning: The Case of the University of A Coruña

Jose Perez Rios and Xosé Lois Martínez Suárez ()
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Xosé Lois Martínez Suárez: University of A Coruña

Chapter Chapter 12 in Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations, 2012, pp 211-225 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The challenge to managers in the current turbulent environment is a formidable one. In relation to this challenge, researchers have pointed out that the quality of managers’ decisions is limited by the quality of the models about the systems they try to govern. This chapter’s purpose is to show how Organizational Cybernetics (OC) and the Viable System Model (VSM) contribute in this context. In addition, the chapter intends to fill the gap between the conceptual depth of organizational cybernetics theoretical studies and the need of managers for a structured facilitating process. We contribute by showing a case application of OC and the VSM at Coruña University, Galicia, Spain. In this case, a conceptual framework has been used by the Vice-Rector of Infrastructures and Environmental Management to translate its university’s vision into strategic, operational and tactical policies and actions. The case that we present shows how the need to redesign the university campuses can be used as an exceptional opportunity to produce a major impact, not only within the university spaces, but also in the wider environment.

Keywords: Organizational cybernetics; Recursion levels-key factors matrix; University urban planning; Viable System Model; VSMod (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29244-6_12

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