Management science : current researches and developments. Pt. I / editor, Brain H. Rudall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rudall, B. H. (Brian H.)

Series:

Kybernetes : the international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences, 0368-492x ; v. 36, no. 3/4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management science.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book is the first in a series that contributes to the journal's increased involvement with the field of management science. The first patron of Kybernetes, Stafford Beer, set the journal on course to include contributions in business and management cybernetics as well as systems science and related areas. He published in Kybernetes a substantial number of his most important and stimulating contributions to the field and encouraged the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) in their strategy of publishing papers on all aspects of the interdisciplinary fields of systems and cybernetics. In this i

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Management science: current researches and developments - part I; The RISCOM model: dialogues and requisite organisation; Optimal structures for social systems; Requisite holism - precondition of reliable business information; Beyond hierarchy: a complexity management perspective; Technology learning systems as non-trivial machines; Rethinking research management in Colombia; Fromsociohistory to psychohistory; Fostering innovation by unlearning tacit knowledge; From management science to sociology

Stafford Beer's contribution to management science - renewal and developmentOn management science: an informal communication; Cyber profiles; Smart systems and environments; Global warming and nuclear power; A systemic theory of orbits in ecological networks; AXSYS: an intelligent system for e-learning; Systemic yoyo model and applications in Newton's, Kepler's laws, and others; Boosting human-level AI with videogames: Mad University; Hyperbox classifiers for arrhythmia classification; Book reviews; Book reports; Announcements; Special announcements

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-92902-2

9786610929023

1-84663-451-2

OCLC:

704434719