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Use of the VSM to Assist in the Establishment of an Engineering Consortium

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This paper describes how the author assisted a group of managers establish an engineering consortium and how the VSM was used to provide critical insights and conceptual clarity. The paper is written to follow the chronological order of events so that the reader can better appreciate the difficulties faced by the author and the other participants.

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Britton, G. (1991). Use of the VSM to Assist in the Establishment of an Engineering Consortium. In: Jackson, M.C., Mansell, G.J., Flood, R.L., Blackham, R.B., Probert, S.V.E. (eds) Systems Thinking in Europe. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3748-9_37

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