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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlda s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know.

Table of Contents
CONCEPTS, PERCEPTS, PRECEPTS.

An Entry.

Double Entry.

Emergency Exit.

The Exit.

Bases of Viability.

THE VIABLE SYSTEM.

Freedom.

Constraint.

Inside and Now.

Outside and Then.

Metasystem.

VENTURES IN VIABILITY.

Measurement.

Plots...

...And Plans.

Calm and Alarm.

Life and Death.

THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT: Notes on Implementation.

On Success.

Graphical Distortions of the Model.

Substantive Elaborations of the Model.

Cyberfilter and the Time Barrier.

The Evolution of a Management Cybernetics Process.

Appendices.

Index.

The Heart of Enterprise

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 28/09/1994
      ISBN13: 9780471948377, 978-0471948377
      ISBN10: 0471948373
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlda s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know.

      Table of Contents
      CONCEPTS, PERCEPTS, PRECEPTS.

      An Entry.

      Double Entry.

      Emergency Exit.

      The Exit.

      Bases of Viability.

      THE VIABLE SYSTEM.

      Freedom.

      Constraint.

      Inside and Now.

      Outside and Then.

      Metasystem.

      VENTURES IN VIABILITY.

      Measurement.

      Plots...

      ...And Plans.

      Calm and Alarm.

      Life and Death.

      THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT: Notes on Implementation.

      On Success.

      Graphical Distortions of the Model.

      Substantive Elaborations of the Model.

      Cyberfilter and the Time Barrier.

      The Evolution of a Management Cybernetics Process.

      Appendices.

      Index.

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