Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer's viable systems model

Lechler, Ruth; Lehner, Patrick Johannes; Röösli, Franz; Huemann, Martina

Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (abstract)
Title:	Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer's viable systems model
Authors:	Lechler, Ruth Lehner, Patrick Johannes Röösli, Franz Huemann, Martina
et. al:	No
Conference details:	22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022
Issue Date:	2022
ISBN:	978-2-9602195-4-8
ISSN:	2466-7498
Language:	German
Subjects:	Project-oriented organization; Organizational competence; Viable system model
Subject (DDC):	658.404: Project management
Abstract:	Due to constant changes and growing complexity in their environment, today's organizations are increasingly using projects to respond to these fast changes. Project-oriented organizations, through their strategic focus on management by projects and organizational alignment with projects, are able to leverage characteristics that enable them to cope with this multitude of variety. In the sense of a cybernetic systemic view, coping with variety means to successfully manage and control variety, hence, to be viable. However, project-oriented organizations have not yet been investigated in terms of viability. In this paper, we show how project-oriented organizations can be enriched by viable characteristics, drawing from the Viable Systems Model, established by Stafford Beer in 1984. By developing a Conceptual Framework of viable and project-oriented Organizations, we show how viability can influence the competencies of project-oriented organizations by proposing three propositions. To this end, we operationalize Beer's Viable Systems Model to make it more applicable, moving beyond its abstractness. With this paper we contribute to an increased understanding of organizational viability and to an enrichment of project-oriented organizations. In doing so, we make a contribution to understanding how companies can leverage the increasing variety of their organizational environment.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25479
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Management and Law
Organisational Unit:	Institute for Organizational Viability (IOV)
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Lechler, R., Lehner, P. J., Röösli, F., & Huemann, M. (2022). Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model. 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

Lechler, R. et al. (2022) ‘Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model’, in 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

R. Lechler, P. J. Lehner, F. Röösli, and M. Huemann, “Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model,” in 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022, 2022.

LECHLER, Ruth, Patrick Johannes LEHNER, Franz RÖÖSLI und Martina HUEMANN, 2022. Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model. In: 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022. Conference paper. 2022. ISBN 978-2-9602195-4-8

Lechler, Ruth, Patrick Johannes Lehner, Franz Röösli, and Martina Huemann. 2022. “Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model.” Conference paper. In 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022.

Lechler, Ruth, et al. “Viable and project-oriented organizations : enriching organizations with characteristics based on Stafford Beer’s viable systems model.” 22nd EURAM Annual Conference, Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 June 2022, 2022.