Name: Integrating Diversity of Meaning into VSM Diagnosis and Design
Start: 2025-07-04T13:45:00+0100
End: 2025-07-04T14:45:00+0100

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Friday July 4, 2025 13:45 - 14:45 BST

MBS Room 1

This session draws on, and continues, the Workshop <workshop name>, in which participants undertook a VSM analysis of a case study.. It will look at the diversity of meaning found therein, with the help of a philosophical ontology, a suite of 15 'aspects of reality'. They arise from Dooyeweerd's philosophy, which makes meaning the fundamental ground of being and functioning, so that we can find inherent meaningfulness of diverse kinds in any complex situation or system.

We propose that this suite can assist viable systems in enhancing resilience in two ways. First, it can undergird VSM's 5 systems by providing an ontological foundation of how these functions perceive the world and their environment. Second, it can be used as a conceptual tool to enhance VSM diagnosis in complex situations, such as analysing and planning for resilience. These two possibilities will be discussed.

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Andrew Basden

Andrew Basden is Professor Emeritus of Human Factors and Philosophy in Information Systems, retired from the University of Salford, UK. After a PhD in Computer Aided Design at the University of Southampton in the early 1970s, he worked 14 years in business, the health sector, the... Read More →

Friday July 4, 2025 13:45 - 14:45 BST
MBS Room 1 Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) The University of Manchester Booth Street West Manchester M15 6PB, England, United Kingdom

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