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Alfonso Reyes
A systems scholar and co-author of Organizational Systems, contributing to its account of complexity, organisational cybernetics, the Viable System Model and systemic methodology.
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Summary
Alfonso Reyes co-developed Organizational Systems as a synthesis of complexity, organisational cybernetics, VSM and methodology.
Implications for practice
His co-authorship is part of the book's intellectual and practical provenance and should not disappear behind a single-author account of organisational cybernetics.
Key distinctions
- co-authorship vs editorial assistance
- systemic methodology vs model application
Historical development
- organisational cybernetics
- VSM
- systems methodology
Ideas it depends on
- complexity
- organisation
- methodology
Further developments
- Organizational Systems
- teaching and application of VSM
Connections to practice
- organisational analysis
- systems education
- institutional design
Common confusions
- the book is solely Espejo's work
- VSM application is methodologically neutral
Further checks
- develop independent profile sources
- map wider publications and collaborations
Recorded connections
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Organizational Systems was authored by Alfonso Reyes
Status: accepted · Relation: authored by
The wording is limited to the named public sources. Authorship, methodological development, conceptual dependence and practical use remain distinct claims.
Locator: Release 0.13 public primary, institutional and publisher sources
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Taylor, B. P. (2026). Alfonso Reyes. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/person_alfonso_reyes/
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