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Stafford Beer
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http://www.staffordbeer.com/
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Organization, Information Systems, Operations Research
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World leader in the development of operational research, who combined management systems with cybernetics.
A charismatic, even flamboyant, character, Beer founded two major pioneering OR groups; wrote some of the best books about it; and was a world leader in the development of systems ideas. He is widely acknowledged as the founder of management cybernetics, which he defined as "the science of effective organisation".
His thinking on how decisions about complex social systems could best be made went through several phases. As an operational researcher he pioneered the idea of interdisciplinary teams to tackle problems in business, government and society. As a systems guru, he was concerned with designing appropriate feedback loops within social systems. More recently, he worked on participative methods to enable large groups to solve their own problems. What united these aspects of his work was his early and consistent commitment to a holistic approach.
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By Beer, Stafford
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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlds most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing...
Ranking at Amazon 1697498
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John Wiley & Sons
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May 1995 - Paperback
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Organization
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By Beer, Stafford
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The Stafford Beer Classic Library "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlds most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a...
Ranking at Amazon 796486
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John Wiley & Sons
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April 1995 - Paperback
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Change Management
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By Beer, Stafford
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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the worlds most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing...
Ranking at Amazon 1957164
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John Wiley & Sons
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March 1995 - Paperback
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Operations Research
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By Beer, Stafford
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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world’s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His...
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John Wiley & Sons
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December 1994 - Paperback
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Organization
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By Beer, Stafford
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Over the last forty years, Stafford Beer has published a steady stream of books and papers in which he has applied cybernetic science to organizational problems. In all of these he has explained...
Ranking at Amazon 1762042
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John Wiley & Sons
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August 1994 - Hardcover
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Organization
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By Beer, Stafford
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Using an exciting synthesis of text and pictures, photographer Hans Blohm and scientist Stafford Beers present a graphic exploration of the connections between prehistoric and antique technologies and
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Oxford University Press
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March 1987 - Hardcover
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Information Systems
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By Beer, Stafford
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"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world’s most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His...
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John Wiley & Sons
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December 1979 - Paperback
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Organization
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By Beer, Stafford
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Ranking at Amazon 4033072
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McGraw Hill
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January 1972 - Hardcover
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Organization
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