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 want to go.
There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time. - Anthony Stafford Beer
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
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…
Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them. - Anthony Stafford Beer
Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.
It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it. - Anthony Stafford Beer
It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.
A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well. - Anthony Stafford Beer
A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.
Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept. - Anthony Stafford Beer
Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.
Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content. - Anthony Stafford Beer
Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.
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
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 …
The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal. - Anthony Stafford Beer
The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.
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