Details a discussion with Stafford Beer about the rationale of his cybernet
ic books published in the twentieth Century (1959-94). Includes a dialogue
concerning his contributed works. Cybernetics and Management; Decision and
Control; Management Science; Designing Freedom; Platform for Change; The He
art of Enterprise; Diagnosing the System for Organisations; and Beyond Disp
ute. Concludes with a perspective of some of his important early work and s
ome unpublished contributions which have been collected into one book.