Raul Espejo (Syncho Research, L., UK) (2015). "An Enterprise Complexity Model: Variety Engineering and Dynamic Capabilities." International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 2(1): 22.
Espejo, R. & A. Reyes (2011). Organizational Systems: Managing Complexity with the Viable System Model, Springer.
Alfonso Reyes, (2012) "Organizational learning and the effective management of complexity", Kybernetes, Vol. 41 Iss: 3/4, pp.318 - 326
R. Espejo (2012) "Seeing organisations: epistemological considerations". Kybernetes, Vol. 41 Iss: 3/4, pp.327 – 338.
G. Bula and Espejo, R (2012). "Governance and inclusive democracy". Kybernetes, Vol. 41 Iss: 3/4, pp.339 – 347.
Espejo, R. (2011). "Seeing a case study through a cybernetic epistemological lens." Kybernetes 40(9/10): 1273 - 1296 read more...
Espejo, R. and D. Kuropatwa (2011). "Appreciating the complexity of organizational processes". in Kybernetes 40 Number 3/4, pp 454-476
Espejo, R. and Z. Mendiwelso Bendek (2011). "An argument for active citizenship and organizational transparency" in Kybernetes 40 Number 3/4, pp 477-493
Espejo, R. (2009). “Performance management, the nature of regulation and the CyberSyn Project” in Kybernetes Vol 38, Number 1/2 pp 65-82
Espejo, R. (2008)
‘Observing organisations: the use of identity and structural archetypes’,
Int. J. Applied Systemic Studies, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, pp.6–24.
Reyes, A. (2008)
‘A practical tool to recognise individual and organisational learning obstacles’,
Int. J. Applied Systemic Studies, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2, pp.82–94.
An Agenda for Social Transparency: making sense of big data
September, 2016
Raul Espejo (Syncho Research, L., UK) (2015). "An Enterprise Complexity Model: Variety Engineering and Dynamic Capabilities." International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 2(1): 22.
Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Systems and Society (IJSS) 2(1)
November 2013 Prof. Espejo was invited to address an Intenational Congress organised by the State Council of Colombia. The ocassion was:
Cien años de Administración Pública
Retos y perspectivas
Congreso Internacional conmemorativo del centenario de la ley 4 de 1913
13-14 -15 de noviembre de 2013
Centro de Convenciones las Américas Cartagena de Indias
Earlier in October he delivered a keynote speach to the Brasilian Systems Society about
The journal Kybernetes has published a special issue about Organizational Cybernetics, edited by Raul Espejo: Vol 40, Number 3/4 (read more)
Below you can read the presentation of German Bula, Minister of Education of Colombia between the years 1998 and 2000, of the book “Organizational Systems: Managing Complexity with the Viable System Model” by Raul Espejo and Alfonso Reyes (Heidelberg, Springer 2011), in the city of Ibague, Colombia, the 5th of July 2011.
(02/10/2012)
Book Review
by Gandolfo Dominici, Univ. of Palermo, Italy & J. Rodolfo Hernández, Univ. Valencia, Spain
Cybersyn in the First London Design Biennale, Somerset House, September, 2016
Last December Raul Espejo gave a talk about Cybersyn at the University of Westminster, London. Video recording of this event is now uploaded in YouTube:
The talk highlighted Cybersyn’s governance approach in contrast to current approached as well as its methodological and epistemological strengths and weaknesses. The talk was followed by a lively debate.
WOSC 2014
Syncho Research offers a free online program to those who wish to learn more about the Viable System Model (VSM), the Viplan Method and the Viplan Methodology. This programme increases users' abilities to deal with unstructured problems and diagnose and design organisations. WWW.SYNCHO.ORG is in a separate website developed only for this purpose. Read more...
was developed by Stafford Beer as a way to understand how complexity is managed in viable organizations. (read more on relevance and use of the VSM...)
Since its inception, Syncho has had a strong focus on research. At the heart of much of this research lies the Viable System Mode (VSM)l. Raul Espejo started his collaboration with Stafford Beer in the Project Cybersyn for the Chilean Government in the early 1970's. Since then Raul has publish many books and papers influenced by the VSM.
...is a method developed by Raul to use the Viable System Model in organizational diagnosis and design. It helps structuring the strategies used by organisations to manage their complexity in challenging environments. Its emphasis is in exploring and organisation's identity and structure ... read more...
developed by Raul to facilitate applying systemic thinking to organisational problem situations using the VSM and soft systems thinking. (read more ...)
Download pdfs on the VSM, Management Cybernetics
Accessing the ViPlan Learning System.
Syncho Research & Dissemination on Managing Complexity