Anthony Stafford Beer Quotes
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If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control.
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The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do.
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The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.
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It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it.
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A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.
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Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.
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Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.
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Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.