What is the Viable System Model?

The Viable System Model is a systemic model of what any type of organisation needs in order to be able to survive in a changing environment. It sets out the different types of activity that take place in an organisation and the relationships between them. It shows how organisations deal with complexity and how they manage performance and adaptation.

The VSM has been used on organisations of all types and scales from small teams up to whole nation states.  …in business, government and the third sector.