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Organizations: Social Systems Conducting Experiments
Jan Achterbergh
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Description for Organizations: Social Systems Conducting Experiments
Paperback. What are organizations? What is their point? How should one design successful organizations? This revised book offers a new perspective to these questions. It is one of the first books to combine cybernetics and social systems theory. Num Pages: 391 pages, 73 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.
to do to ensure survival, and (2) principles for designing organizational structures in such a way that they can realize the required functions adequately. In the course of their elaboration, we will show that these principles are general - i.e., that they hold for all organizations. 1.5 Conceptual Background To describe organizations as social systems conducting experiments and to present principles for designing an infrastructure supporting the social experiment, we use concepts from (organizational) cybernetics, social systems theory, and Aristotle's ethics. In this book, we hope to show that concepts from these traditions - as introduced by their ... Read more
to do to ensure survival, and (2) principles for designing organizational structures in such a way that they can realize the required functions adequately. In the course of their elaboration, we will show that these principles are general - i.e., that they hold for all organizations. 1.5 Conceptual Background To describe organizations as social systems conducting experiments and to present principles for designing an infrastructure supporting the social experiment, we use concepts from (organizational) cybernetics, social systems theory, and Aristotle's ethics. In this book, we hope to show that concepts from these traditions - as introduced by their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
391
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642143151
SKU
V9783642143151
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99-15
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