The Viable Systems Model Applied to a National System of Innovation to Inform Policy Development

Devine, Sean

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“…The application of the five principles and five functions of VSM is also determined by the system's purpose (Devine 2005). In this study, the halal industry development of Taiwan is a part of the initiatives under Taiwan's New Southbound Policy.…”

Section: G a L L E Y P R O O Fmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diagnosing the Halal Industry of Taiwan: A Viable System Model Approach

Adham¹,

Muhamad²,

Said³

2020

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The global halal industry is currently a trillion dollar industry. Businesses around the world are upbeat to get a piece of this lucrative market, including those operating within Muslim-minority contexts. To leverage on this opportunity, there is a need for emerging players to understand the current situation, with the purpose of planning and implementing strategies for the industry's growth. This study examined the Muslim-minority context of Taiwan and utilized the Viable System Model (VSM) as the framework to diagnose the current state of Taiwan's halal industry. Data for the diagnosis were collected mainly through interviews with the relevant agencies, managers or entrepreneurs of halal businesses as well as the consumers of Taiwan's halal products and services. The analysis found that the halal industry in Taiwan already has several implementation units including the Taiwan Halal Center in support of halal business promotion and growth. Taiwan's halal industry has multiple certification bodies co-existing, with several being business-oriented, while the others community-based. The findings also revealed the central role of local-born Muslims and the mosques in facilitating halal certification practices in this Muslim-minority society, indicating a strong foundation in its environment to support of the rapid growth of halal industry. Malaysia's endorsement of Taiwan's certification bodies is deemed as a crucial support mechanism for their global entry into the halal market. On the whole, the halal industry in Taiwan lacks a formalized halal industry development policy, hence the absence of the functions of policymaking, intelligence, control and coordination in support of a viable halal industry ecosystem. Moving forward, Taiwan needs to institute an integrated halal industry development policy and to fill the missing functions while ensuring cohesions among the functions to manage varieties both in its local as well as in the global environment.

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Section: G a L L E Y P R O O Fmentioning

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Diagnosing the Halal Industry of Taiwan: A Viable System Model Approach

Adham¹,

Muhamad²,

Said³

2020

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“…Similarly, the Agile organizations framework -a further development of the Agile methodology (Goldman et al, 1995;Stacey, 2012;Gobillot, 2008 With strong theoretical and well documented foundations supporting its underpinning principles, and over 60 years of documented applications as well as new developments and applications in multiple fields proving to be an effective tool to deal with complexity and variety in a wide variety organizations e.g. sustainability (Espinosa et al, 2008); production (Dominici and Palumbo, 2013); IT (Rozenkranz and Holten, 2011); governance (Peppard, 2005); private and public administration (Christopher, 2007(Christopher, , 2011Devine, 2005).…”

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The viable system model as a framework to guide organisational adaptive response in times of instability and change

Castro

2019

IJOA

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This paper analyses the convenience of the Viable System Model (VSM) as a framework to guide organisational adaptive response and resilience in times of instability and change. Methodological approach: A thought experiment based on the case study of an eco-village where a project based on action research was conducted following the introduction of the VSM Findings: The work provides evidence of the efficacy of the VSM and its recursive structure to facilitate resilience and organisational adaptation, and provides evidence of its advantages over conventional management tools to deal with uncertainty in complex environments. Research limitations: Based on a case study, the scope of the study is limited and context specific. The comparison of tools is also limited to the ones related with allocation of resources aiming to provide resilience, viability and adaptive response to critical events. Implications: The case study invites to revisit and discuss the fitness of conventionally used management tools to cope with complexity-from an organisational perspective. Originality and value: This document invites to a reflection on the nature of dominant management tools used in contemporary management to cope with complexity-The document provides insights on the value of organizational cybernetics and its capability to guide organizations in times of instability and change while facilitating resilience and adaptation through the management of variety

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“…This function helps to generate synergy among the operating units. Tools used to create the synergy include coordination via legal systems as well as through a good communication norm (Devine, 2005). Moreover, coordination among the operating functions also serves the purpose of ensuring their activities are not in direct conflict with each other, and their functions are not redundant to each other.…”

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“…customers). However, previous applications of VSM on policy systems mainly focused on describing the entire economy system, for example, in the Cybersyn project in Beer (1981), or the innovation system of a country, for example New Zealand in Devine (2005), or in diagnosing industry structures. Less focus is given to the academic members and graduates to engage in entrepreneurial behavior, using knowledge as a foundation for continuous and successful innovations as they do so due to communication gaps (Martinelli, 2008).…”

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Towards an Entrepreneurial Model of University: Issues and Challenges in Managing Intellectual Property (IP) and Its Commercialization (C)

Ambali¹,

Omar²,

Bakar³

et al. 2014

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The Viable Systems Model Applied to a National System of Innovation to Inform Policy Development

Cited by 44 publications

References 20 publications

Diagnosing the Halal Industry of Taiwan: A Viable System Model Approach

Diagnosing the Halal Industry of Taiwan: A Viable System Model Approach

The viable system model as a framework to guide organisational adaptive response in times of instability and change

Towards an Entrepreneurial Model of University: Issues and Challenges in Managing Intellectual Property (IP) and Its Commercialization (C)

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