Decision and Control: The Meaning of Operational Research and Management Cybernetics (The Stafford Beer Classic Library) (edition 1966)

by Stafford Beer

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Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beer's thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications to industry and government.… (more)

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Title:	Decision and Control: The Meaning of Operational Research and Management Cybernetics (The Stafford Beer Classic Library)
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Info:	John Wiley & Sons (1966), Hardcover
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This book is about management, and the way in which it may involve the use of science to help solve problems of decision and control.

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The obsession in the public mind with topics of science, especially with technology, prompts the man of affairs to say that even if his preserves are not forbidden territory, at least science has no means of entry to them. He thus ignores the fundamental motivation of science, which is not to apply techniques, nor to 'do chemistry' (for instance), but precisely to find an entry. [5]

The scientist qua scientist seeks only to do science. [91]

The OR scientist should not only recognize his dependence on scientific insights from other fields, he should encourage it. [115]

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Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beer's thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications to industry and government.

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