Numerous authors have books related to Stafford Beer’s work.
VSM CORE BOOKS
Espejo, R. and Harnden, R. (eds.). (1989). The Viable System Model: Interpretations and Applications of Stafford Beer’s VSM, Wiley, Chichester
Espejo, R., Schuhmann, W., Schwaninger M. and Billelo, U. (1996). Organisational Transformation and Learning, John Wiley and Sons, London.
Schwaninger, M. (2006). Intelligent Organisations: Powerful Models for Systemic Management, Springer, St Gallen.
Malik, F. (2006), Effective Top Management, Wiley-VCH, Weinheirn.
Christopher, W.F. (2007). Holistic Management: Managing What Matters for Company Success, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Hoverstadt, P. (2008).The Fractal Organization. Creating sustainable organization with the Viable Systems Model. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
Espejo, R., Reyes, A. (2011). Organisational Systems: Managing complexity with the viable system model. Springer.
Espinosa, A., Walker, J. (2011, 2017). ‘A Complexity Approach to Sustainability: Theory and Application’. 2nd ed. Invited book, Book Series on Complexity, Imperial College Press, World Scientific Press. London.
Lassl, W. (2019, 2020, 2021). The viability of organisations: Diagnosing and governing organizations. Vol 1, 2, 3. Vienna: Springer
Pérez-Ríos, J. (2012). Design and Diagnosis for Sustainable Organizations: The Viable System Method. Heidelberg: Springer.
Jackson, M.C. (2019), Critical Systems Thinking and the Management of Complexity: Responsible Leadership for a Complex World, Wiley, Chichester (Part II).
Espinosa, A., Martinez, A., Walker, J. (2022). ‘The Viable System model: An Introduction to theory and Practice’. In Eds. Midgley, G., Cabrera, D. and Cabrera, L.: Handbook on Systemic Methodologies. Routledge.
Espinosa, A. (2022 – forthcoming). Sustainable Self-Governance in Businesses and Society: The Viable System Model in action. London: Routledge, Francis & Taylor.
Walker, J. (1998) The Viable Systems Model a guide for co-operatives and federations. VSM – A guide by Jon Walker (PDF)