Anthony Stafford Beer Quotes

• 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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  Doe, Purpose, Failing

  "Diagnosing the system for organizations" by Stafford Beer, Wiley, (p. 99), 1985.

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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.

  Anthony Stafford Cerveza

  Trying, Details, Dynamics

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• According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, electronic, biological, human, economic, and so on), there is a natural law that governs the capacity of a control system to work. It says that the control must be capable of generating as much "variety" as the situation to be controlled.

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  Law, Cybernetics, Topics

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 37), 1968.

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• Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept.

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  Views, May, Problem

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 21), 1968.

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• It is terribly important to appreciate that some things remain obscure to the bitter end.

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  Appreciate, Important, Bitter

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 115), 1968.

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• If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control.

  Anthony Stafford Cerveza

  Cybernetics, Management, Profession

  "Applied cybernetics: its relevance in operations research" by A. Ghosal, (p. 2), 1978.

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• Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

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  Organization, People, Management

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 117), 1968.

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• A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served.

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  Moving, Doe, Speed

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 108), 1968.

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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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  Real, Understanding, Probability

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 41), 1968.

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• 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 Cerveza

  Fashion, Railroads, Cost

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 186), 1968.

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• The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

  Anthony Stafford Cerveza

  Important, Strategy, Managers

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 27), 1968.

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• Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.

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  Policy Making, Decision, Intellectual

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 10), 1968.

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• A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.

  Anthony Stafford Cerveza

  Management, Process, Results

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 58), 1968.

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• There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

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  Priorities, Logic, Logical

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 74), 1968.

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• Ciertas políticas de gestión -como la ampliación de los recursos crediticios, por ejemplo- pueden conducir a un gran progreso en buenas condiciones; pero, como el coche del Grand Prix en comparación con el Land Rover, pueden no ser lo bastante robustas para sobrevivir cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles.

  Anthony Stafford Cerveza

  Land, Car, Progress

  "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 88), 1968.

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