Decide: Designing Improvements

We will now begin to look at the way the various parts of the organization work together.

At the end of this phase, 

• we will have a picture of the way the enterprise looks in terms of the “building blocks” that compose it.
• We will see  the interaction of these building blocks and 
• We will have an idea of how to ensure that the whole thing works together in an integrated form.

Remember: we create policies to absorb variety. Variety is absorbed best locally. Our policy will therefore assign priorities to:

• First handle things locally
• If this is not possible, try to devise a horizontal coordination

Only involve higher management if something cannot be managed in these systems.

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  • Step C1: Designing Operational Autonomy
  • Step C2: Review Operational and Environmental Interactions
  • Step C3: Completing the Internal Balance
  • Step C4: Examine the Information Systems
  • Step C5: Design the Balance with the External Environment
  • Step C6: Design of Policy Structures

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  • Welcome to the Viable System Model
  • Working with the Canvas
  • The OODA Loop
  • Observe: Sense Making
  • Orient: Finding Improvement Potential
  • Decide: Designing Improvements
  • Act: the Ways of Change
  • Preparing a Workshop
  • The Canvas Material

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