TY  - CONF
TI  - Management Cybernetics as a Theoretical Basis for Lean Thinking
C1  - Fortaleza, Brazil
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 53
EP  - 62
PY  - 2013
AU  - Steinhaeusser, Tobias
AU  - Elezi, Fatos
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AU  - Lindemann, Udo
AD  - UC Berkeley. tobias.steinhaeusser@gmail.com
AD  - M.Sc., Institute for Product Development, Technical University of Munich. fatos.elezi@pe.mw.tum.de
AD  - Professor, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., and Director of the Project Production Systems  Laboratory (p2sl.berkeley.edu), Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1712, USA, Phone +1  (510) 643-8678, tommelein@ce.berkeley.edu
AD  - Professor, Institute for Product Development, Technical University of Munich.  lindemann@pe.mw.tum.de
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent lean thinking embraces the notions of Stafford Beer’s management cybernetics. According to Beer, any successful organization responds to the laws of management cybernetics. As there are numerous successful enterprises that use lean thinking as a philosophy, this quest seems promising and may offer the opportunity to sharpen understanding of lean practices and possibly identify new concepts that can be incorporated into lean thinking. For this purpose, we first describe the differences of origins and language used in both theories. Then, we discuss the ideas of management cybernetics, with focus on the governing rules this approach to management puts forth. Based on this, a selection of lean thinking rules are described from a management cybernetics perspective. We conclude that management cybernetics can serve as a theoretical background for lean thinking and offers an additional perspective for lean applications.
KW  - Theory; lean management; management cybernetics; systems theory; Viable System Model
PB  - 
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2013/07/31
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/951/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/951
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -