Over the last forty years, Stafford Beer has published a steady stream of books and papers in which he has applied cybernetic science to organizational problems. In all of these he has explained underlying principles and developed new theories and recorded a great variety of pra…
The book deals with the ways in which organizations can achieve co-ordinated action when it is most difficult to do so, that is, when it is a question of major changes in relation to the kind of action the organization is used to.
A new edition of one of the leading texts on international management In today's globalized business world, successful leaders need a global mindset. Focusing on cultural issues and using international examples, International Management Behavior, Seventh Edition helps managers d…
This comprehensive text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis. Qualitative Organizational Research contains 27 chapters, each focusing on a specific technique. The first part of the volume looks at c…
"Mechanism design is an analytical framework for thinking clearly and carefully about what exactly a given institution can achieve when the information necessary to make decisions is dispersed and privately held. This analysis provides an account of the underlying mathematics of…
"Mechanism design is an analytical framework for thinking clearly and carefully about what exactly a given institution can achieve when the information necessary to make decisions is dispersed and privately held. This analysis provides an account of the underlying mathematics of…