There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to d…

- Anthony Stafford Beer

Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

- Anthony Stafford Beer

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you …

- Anthony Stafford Beer