Ten pints of beer - The rationale of Stafford Beer's cybernetic books (1959-94) - Discussion

Authors
Citation
S. Beer, Ten pints of beer - The rationale of Stafford Beer's cybernetic books (1959-94) - Discussion, KYBERNETES, 29(5-6), 2000, pp. 558-572
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
AI Robotics and Automatic Control
Journal title
KYBERNETES
ISSN journal
0368492X → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
558 - 572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0368-492X(2000)29:5-6<558:TPOB-T>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
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 Concludes with a perspective of some of his important early work and s ome unpublished contributions which have been collected into one book.