Clearly, if it is possible to have a self-regulating system… - Anthony Stafford Beer

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Clearly, if it is possible to have a self-regulating system that implicitly arranges its own stability, then this is of the keenest management interest.

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Anthony Stafford Beer (September 25, 1926 – August 23, 2002) was a British theorist, consultant and professor at the Manchester Business School. He is best known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics.

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