by: Jay W. Forrester
EAN: 9780262060035
ISBN: 0262060035
Label: MIT Press
Manufacturer: MIT Press
Number Of Pages: 479
Publication Date: 1961-12
Publisher: MIT Press
Sales Rank: 2215516
Studio: MIT Press
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(Now available from Productivity Press, Cambridge, Mass.)
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- One of the bestThis is one of the best books in management. Some might find it a bit too mathematical, but the insights and general theory are one of the best contributions to the field of management.
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- 1960's Classic on System Dynamics - still importantI agree with the previous reviewer, that Mr.Forresters book was one the most important and yet most ignored books on dynamics/strategy in the 20th century.
Forresters basic insight was: translate the evolution of a market segment into cybernetic circles, translate those circles into differential equation, and those equations into a computer language like DYNAMO.
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- An up-to-date ClassicI am Professor in the field that the author created, and (many years ago) one of the author's students. I may be biased about the field's importance, but not about this book's extraordinary clarity and continuing relevance to the field.
The book presents the philosophy, the mathematics and the computer modeling needed to take a fresh and practical perspective on managing social systems. The book's implications go far beyond "industrial" systems(though people interested in the dynamics ... Read More
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- Excellent book!A very high quality study of the information-feedback characteristics of industrial activity; describing how the flows of information, money, orders, materials, personnel, and capital plant interact to produce the system's behavior over time; relating organizational structure & corporate policy to corporate growth and stability.
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