Ten pints of Beer
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Emerald in Kybernetes
- Vol. 29 (5/6), 558-572
- https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920010333044
Abstract
Details a discussion with Stafford Beer about the rationale of his cybernetic 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 Heart of Enterprise; Diagnosing the System for Organisations; and Beyond Dispute. Concludes with a perspective of some of his important early work and some unpublished contributions which have been collected into one book.Keywords
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