{"product_id":"decision-and-control-isbn-9780471948384","title":"Decision and Control","description":"Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beer's thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications to industry and government. THE NATURE OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Initial Posture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On Fixing Belief.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Some Dangerous Precedents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Wedged Bear.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The New Look.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE ACTIVITY OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About Models.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Models in Aspic.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Formal Languages.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Walk in the Ramified System.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Apollo's Gift.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE RELEVANCE OF CYBERNETICS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Coping with Complexity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Controlling Operations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Self-Organizing Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Controlling Enterprises.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e OUTCOMES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Outcome for Industry.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Information and Automation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Outcome for Government.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Outcome for Management Science.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On Practicability.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStafford Beer\u003c\/b\u003e was a British theorist, consultant and professor at the Manchester Business School. He is best known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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 writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDr Russell L Ackoff\u003c\/b\u003e, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If anyone can make it [Operations Research] understandably readable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer — everyone in management...should be grateful to him for using clear and at times elegant English and ... even elegant diagrams.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAwarded the 1966 Lanchester Prize by the Operations Research Society of America for the best work published in 1966 in the field of management science this book has been regarded as a 'Classic' ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...in the literature of management there is nothing to be compared with it....\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperational Research Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This superb book is one of the very best I have ever read on management science.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eManagement Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliant book which rose far above the ruck of jargon-ridden ephemera. This is a study profound, wide ranging, witty, graceful and self-critical of the working of managerial systems....\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The sheer scale and scope of Beer?s book would rate it management text of the year in any list\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Statist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Decision and Control is a major work, both elegant and erudite.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beer's imagination and enthusiasm stimulate those with whom he works to seek and cause improvements?\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Director\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989030256869,"sku":"NP9780471948384","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471948384.jpg?v=1761782508","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/decision-and-control-isbn-9780471948384","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}