This is a 300dpi color scan of a used copy of this book. It is not pristine by any measure but it is very readable.
Publisher's page for this book.
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From the Publisher
A ground-breaking approach to organizational structure that uses cybernetics--the science of communication and control within systems--to solve inevitable organization and structural problems that occur in business environments.
From the Back Cover
"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world?s most provocative,creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, andhe records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. His writingis as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system Iknow." Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for InteractiveManagement, Pennsylvania, USA.
"If ? anyone can make it [Operations Research] understandablyreadable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer ? everyonein management ..should be grateful to him for using clear and attimes elegant English and?even elegant diagrams." The Economist
In Brain of the Firm and The Heart of Enterprise Stafford Beerworked out the scientific laws that govern any viable system. Theyconstitute the basis for this book which is concerned solely withthe application of those laws to the understanding of anyparticular enterprise. In the form of a Handbook or Manager?sGuide, Diagnosing the System deals with the fundamental problem ofmanagement?how to cope with complexity itself. It shows you how todesign (or redesign) an enterprise in conformity with the laws ofviability, and will help you to diagnose faults in yourorganizational structure.
