1st Edition

Cybernetics and Systems Social and Business Decisions

632 Pages
by Routledge

632 Pages 109 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

632 Pages 109 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Society is now facing challenges for which the traditional management toolbox is increasingly inadequate. Well-grounded theoretical frameworks, such as systems thinking and cybernetics, offer general level interpretation schemes and models that are capable of supporting understanding of complex phenomena and are not impacted by the passage of time. This book serves the knowledge society... Read more

1: Foreword;  2: Preface;  3: Keynotes Contributions;  4: Human Aspects of Managing Systems;  5: Sustainability and the Anthropocene;  6: Smartness and Big Data;  7: Democracy, Transparency, and Social Dynamics;  8: Interactions Revolution;  9: Knowledge and Organisation;  10: Systems Thinking and System Dynamics;  11: Quantum Modelling;  12: Reflexivity, Second Order Science and Context;  13: Participant Universities;  14: Participant Associations;  15: Partners;  16: Sponsor;  17: Strategic Committee;  18: About the Editors;  19: About the Keynotes;  20: Contributor Index;  21: Subject Index 

Biography

Sergio Barile is Full Professor of Business Management at Sapienza, University of Rome.



Raul Espejo is President of the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics.



Igor Perko is Director-General of the World Organization of Systems and Cybernetics.





Marialuisa Saviano, PhD, is Associate Professor of Business Management at the University of Salerno, Italy.