Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mantell, Leroy H.

Titel

On the Use of Cybernetics in Management

Ist Teil von

• Management International Review, 1973-01, Vol.13 (1), p.33-41

Ort / Verlag

Wiesbaden: Betriebswirtschaftlicher Verlag Gabler

Erscheinungsjahr

1973

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• THE FIRM IS DEPICTED TO BE A SELF-ADJUSTING, GOAL-SEEKING ORGANISM. THAT IS A CYBERNETIC. THE ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSE IS A COMPLEX THING IN WHICH THE FIRM ATTEMPTS TO MAKE INTERNAL ADJUSTMENTS IN ORDER TO COPE WITH CHANGES IN ITS ENVIRONMENT. PLANNING AND CONTROL REQUIRE TWO INGREDIENTS, SOUND PLANNING OBJECTIVES AND A MODEL TO ASSIST IN SEEING THE INTER-CONNECTEDNESS OF THINGS. BUT BOTH OF THESE INGREDIENTS BECOME ALTERED WHEN VIEWED BY CYBERNETICS. THE NET RESULT IS THAT PLANNING AND CONTROL IS MORE A QUESTION OF UNCOVERING THE INEVITABLE IN ORDER TO EXPLOIT IT, THAN IT IS A MATTER OF CONSCIOUS, DELIBERATE DIRECTION OF AFFAIRS. IN A SYSTEM EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. CONSEQUENTLY, WHAT IS PLANNED FOR AND WHAT CONSEQUENCES ARE ACHIEVED MAY BE ENTIRELY UNRELATED.