Beschreibung:
A collected work of Stafford Beer's papers, some previously unpublished, spanning 35 years. Presents a coherent vision to guide strategy and manage change.
Partial table of contents:Holism and the Frou-Frou Slander.BEGINNINGS: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATION OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH TO TANGIBLE PROBLEMS.A Technique for Standardizing Massed Batteries of Control Charts.The Mechanical Simulation of Stochastic Flow.The Impact of Cybernetics on the Concept of Industrial Organization.CYBERNETICS: A NEW WORLD VIEW.The World, the Flesh and the Metal: 1964 Stephenson Lecture.Towards the Cybernetic Factory.COMPLEXITY IN HUMAN AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS.Cybernetics of National Development: The Zaheer Foundation Lecture, New Delhi, India.Death Is Equifinal: Eighth Annual Ludwig von Bertalanffy Memorial Lecture.Indexes.