Angela Espinosa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4639065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angela Espinosa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angela |
| FAMILY NAME | Espinosa |
| SIGNATURE | ESPINOSA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Exeter University Exeter UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5200-7613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Revisiting the Viable System Model as an emancipatory systems approach
This paper acknowledges M.C. Jackson's contributions to the development of systems thinking and particularly to organisational cybernetics. It also reviews his criticisms of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) as a ‘unitary , functionalist’ systemic approach, unable to deal with individual, social and political issues, and of Team Syntegrity (TS) as a ‘simple, and somewhere in the middle between pluralist and coercive’, approach. It argues …
The viability and sustainability approach to support organisational resilience
In the context of ongoing global pandemics and political and economic instability, supporting public health organisations to improve their performance and develop their resilience is becoming a central issue in the organisational resilience research agenda. This paper offers a briefing on the viability and sustainability (v&s) approach and provides an example of application of the self‐transformation methodology (STM) at the breast care unit in a…
Corporate viability and sustainability
This paper reports on preliminary testing of the “Self‐Transformation Methodology” (STM) to rebalance an organisational structure in order to improve the effectiveness of corporate sustainability (CS) strategy implementation. It presents the results of a pilot study where it was possible to align CS strategy and organisational structure, clarifying the required adapting and learning organisational processes and closing the learning loop by contin…
Revisiting the Viable System Model as an emancipatory systems approach
This paper acknowledges M.C. Jackson's contributions to the development of systems thinking and particularly to organisational cybernetics. It also reviews his criticisms of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) as a ‘unitary , functionalist’ systemic approach, unable to deal with individual, social and political issues, and of Team Syntegrity (TS) as a ‘simple, and somewhere in the middle between pluralist and coercive’, approach. It argues …
Corporate viability and sustainability
This paper reports on preliminary testing of the “Self‐Transformation Methodology” (STM) to rebalance an organisational structure in order to improve the effectiveness of corporate sustainability (CS) strategy implementation. It presents the results of a pilot study where it was possible to align CS strategy and organisational structure, clarifying the required adapting and learning organisational processes and closing the learning loop by contin…
The viability and sustainability approach to support organisational resilience
In the context of ongoing global pandemics and political and economic instability, supporting public health organisations to improve their performance and develop their resilience is becoming a central issue in the organisational resilience research agenda. This paper offers a briefing on the viability and sustainability (v&s) approach and provides an example of application of the self‐transformation methodology (STM) at the breast care unit in a…
Revisiting the Viable System Model as an emancipatory systems approach
This paper acknowledges M.C. Jackson's contributions to the development of systems thinking and particularly to organisational cybernetics. It also reviews his criticisms of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) as a ‘unitary , functionalist’ systemic approach, unable to deal with individual, social and political issues, and of Team Syntegrity (TS) as a ‘simple, and somewhere in the middle between pluralist and coercive’, approach. It argues …
Complex Systems and Decision Making (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Management (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Knowledge management (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Process management (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Sustainability (2 works)