...: structural pathologies; functional pathologies; and informational pathologies. Once one is familiar with the main components of OC, one can begin to see how it can be applied to the diagnosis and design of an organization from the point of view of its viability. Organizational...

... paper showing that these few cybernetic principles determine the possibilities of social change – and of history. Helmut Nechansky can be contacted at: hn@nechansky.co.at © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Cybernetics Control Decision making Organizational analysis Social...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Cybernetics Organizational analysis Systems analysis In the third section I elaborate on the difficult boundary role of any representative function, and the ensueing difficulties organizations and institutions are struggling with. I argue...

... and Japanese (see Beer, 1959). Cybernetics Organizational analysis Management science A discussion with Stafford Beer about the rationale of his cybernetic books published in the twentieth century (Beer, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1985, 1994b) proved to be both illuminating...