“IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A CHANGE, you must challenge not only the models of Unreality, but the paradigms that underwrite them.” — Stafford Beer
“General system theory, therefore, is a general science of wholeness” — Ludwig von Bertalannfy
Level II
Beer, Stafford, Brain of the Firm, Allen Lane, 1972
Level III
Klir, George J., An Approach to General Systems Theory, Van Nostrand, 1969
Level V
Bertalannfy, Ludwig von, General Systems Theory, George Braziller, N.Y., 1968
Systems and Management Annual 1974, Russell L Ackoff (Ed), Petrocelli Books, N.Y., 1974
Systems and Management Annual 1975, C. West Churchman (Ed).
DHCS Selections
Weinberg, Gerald M., An Introduction to General Systems Thinking: Silver Anniversary Edition, Dorset House, N.Y., 2001
Weinberg, Gerald M. and Daniela Weinberg, General Principles of Systems Design, Dorset House, N.Y., 1988
Brain of the Firm – Stafford Beer
“IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A CHANGE, you must challenge not only the models of Unreality, but the paradigms that underwrite them.” — Stafford Beer
General Systems Theory — Ludwig von Bertalannfy
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