The Unaccountability Machinewhy Big Systems Make Terrible De
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'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling'' Financial Times''Clear and compelling ... it will make you look at the world differently'' Stephen Bush''The kind of book from which you look up to find the ...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af THE UNACCOUNTABILITY MACHINEWHY BIG SYSTEMS MAKE TERRIBLE DE af Dan Davies
'Entertaining, insightful ... compelling'' Financial Times''Clear and compelling ... it will make you look at the world differently'' Stephen Bush''The kind of book from which you look up to find the world suddenly more comprehensible. Also, it''s about ten times funnier than any book about management has the right to be'' GuardianWhen we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on the writing of Stafford Beer, a legendary economist who argued in the 1950s that we should regard organisations as artificial intelligences, capable of taking decisions that are distinct from the intentions of their members.Management cybernetics was Beer''s science of applying self-regulation in organisational settings, but it was largely ignored - with the result being the political and economic crises that that we see today. With his signature blend of cynicism and journalistic rigour, Davies looks at what''s gone wrong, and what might have been, had the world listened to Stafford Beer when it had the chance.
Detaljer
Forlag
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN
9781788169554
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
304
Udgivelsesdato
13-03-2025
Varenr.
3292919
EAN nr.
9781788169554
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.