Platform for Change
Author | : Stafford Beer |
Publisher | : Wiley |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 1995-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 0471948403 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780471948407 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Download or read book Platform for Change written by Stafford Beer and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1995-04-24 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know." —Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania. USA This is a highly original book both in content and format. It presents thirteen 'arguments for change', these are linked by a personal commentary, and by a deeper, 'metalinguistic', commentary. Platform for Change is completely self-contained, does not deal at all with the nature of viable systems, but is directed towards the hope that our planet may yet remain viable--and the human race survive.