Methods for Making Social Organizations Adaptive

Stuart A. Umpleby

A chapter in Power, Autonomy, Utopia, 1986, pp 133-138 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In Robert Trappl’s opening remarks on the first day of this conference he raised the issue of the usefulness of the theories that we debate with each other at these conferences every two years. Stafford Beer in his address made a similar point when he suggested that we confront the way things are. I follow their lead by suggesting that we really know quite a lot about how to solve social problems and how to make social organizations more effective. But for some reason we are not using the knowledge we have. Why we do not make better use of our current knowledge is the issue that I would like to explore. My method of exploring will be to investigate the history of ideas in the field of cybernetics and general systems theory.

Keywords: General System Theory; Autonomous Element; Management Consult; Cultural Affair; Routine Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2225-2_10

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