Control Based Processes
February 12, 2025
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An organization can be viewed as a collection of processes. At the grass root level, an organization is nothing but an arrangement of humans and technologies in a specific manner to achieve pre-determined objectives. However, work is divided amongst various processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness. However the functions of all processes are not the same. There is considerable ambiguity with regards to how many types of processes actually exist to make an organization viable and independent.
One such paradigm has been offered by Prof. Stafford Beer, wherein he talks about at least 5 different levels on which processes need to function to make the organization viable. The model is taken from the analogy of human mind which directs the body at different levels. The model is called the Viable System Model and has 5 levels of processes namely S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5. Although a detailed description of each of these levels is beyond our scope, here is a basic introduction to create a basis for further discussion.
This is a very comprehensive level of detail covering all aspects of the structure and arrangement of processes. Usually a simpler approach is followed which divides the processes into three groups:
They have been further explained in subsequent sections.
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