Diagnosing the System for Organizations

By Stafford Beer

Book Overview

"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, andhe records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writingis as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system Iknow." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for InteractiveManagement, Pennsylvania, USA. "If anyone can make it Operations Research] understandablyreadable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer everyone inmanagement ..should be grateful to him for using clear and at timeselegant English and even elegant diagrams." The Economist In Brain of the Firm and The Heart of Enterprise Stafford Beerworked out the scientific laws that govern any viable system. Theyconstitute the basis for this book which is concerned solely withthe application of those laws to the understanding of anyparticular enterprise. In the form of a Handbook or Manager sGuide, Diagnosing the System deals with the fundamental problem ofmanagement how to cope with complexity itself. It shows you how todesign (or redesign) an enterprise in conformity with the laws ofviability, and will help you to diagnose faults in yourorganizational structure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471951366
• ISBN13: 9780471951360
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"