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A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems

A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems

Arash Golnam, Gil Regev, Alain Wegmann
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466638945|ISBN10: 146663894X|EISBN13: 9781466638952
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3894-5.ch012
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Golnam, Arash, et al. "A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems." Best Practices and New Perspectives in Service Science and Management, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Robert D. Tennyson, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 213-227. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3894-5.ch012

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Golnam, A., Regev, G., & Wegmann, A. (2013). A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems. In P. Ordóñez de Pablos & R. Tennyson (Eds.), Best Practices and New Perspectives in Service Science and Management (pp. 213-227). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3894-5.ch012

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Golnam, Arash, Gil Regev, and Alain Wegmann. "A Modeling Framework for Analyzing the Viability of Service Systems." In Best Practices and New Perspectives in Service Science and Management, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Robert D. Tennyson, 213-227. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-3894-5.ch012

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Abstract

Recent research has explored the principles of service system viability based on systems inquiry invoking perspectives from Systems Theory and Cybernetics in particular Stafford Beer’s viable systems model (VSM). However based on Banathy and Jenlink (2004), Systems inquiry encompasses more than just Systems Theory and includes domains such as Systems Methodology and Systems Philosophy. Building on the extant literature, this work has the following particularities: 1) it is based on an explicit systems philosophy in which the authors explicitly define what they view as viability and, 2) it involves a systems methodological approach to either analyze the viability of a service system or to design a viable service system. This is achieved by means of applying a systems modeling technique called SEAM (Systemic Enterprise Architecture Method). SEAM rests upon systemic principles and embodies conceptualizations from VSM. The authors apply SEAM to concretely model a utility company in Geneva, Switzerland in order to gain an understanding of how a service system maintains its identity and remains viable in its environment.

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