The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share
The system of transportation is not coherent; it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share
Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system… — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is… — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is… — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time. — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, electronic, biological, human, economic, and… — Anthony Stafford Beer Copy Share Image
