ORGANIZATIONAL CYBERNETICS AS A METHODOLOGICAL PLATFORM FOR AUTHORSHIP AND AGENCY IN MANAGEMENT – REFLECTIONS ON A CASE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE.

This paper explores the potential of a cybernetic methodology as a platform to facilitate authorship and agency through the review of the linear analysis of one intervention. This work suggests the use of the Viable System Model to induce awareness and the participative construction of a mental model and organizational discourse; aimed to facilitate the management function and the adaptation processes of the organization. Improvements in the decision-making process of the case study after the introduction of the VSM suggest its effectiveness for this purpose. Also, this research suggests a lack of well-documented meta-languages in management.

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