Management science [[electronic resource] ] : current researches and developments. Pt. I / / editor, Brain H. Rudall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910783903803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Bradford, England], : Emerald, 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-92902-2; 9786610929023; 1-84663-451-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Collana: Kybernetes : the international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences, , 0368-492x ; ; v. 36, no. 3/4
• Altri autori (Persone): RudallB. H (Brian H.)
• Disciplina: 658.4/03; 658.403
• Soggetti: Management science; Knowledge management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Management science: current researches and developments - part I; The RISCOM model: dialogues and requisite organisation; Optimal structures for social systems; Requisite holism - precondition of reliable business information; Beyond hierarchy: a complexity management perspective; Technology learning systems as non-trivial machines; Rethinking research management in Colombia; Fromsociohistory to psychohistory; Fostering innovation by unlearning tacit knowledge; From management science to sociology; Stafford Beer's contribution to management science - renewal and developmentOn management science: an informal communication; Cyber profiles; Smart systems and environments; Global warming and nuclear power; A systemic theory of orbits in ecological networks; AXSYS: an intelligent system for e-learning; Systemic yoyo model and applications in Newton's, Kepler's laws, and others; Boosting human-level AI with videogames: Mad University; Hyperbox classifiers for arrhythmia classification; Book reviews; Book reports; Announcements; Special announcements
• Sommario/riassunto: This e-book is the first in a series that contributes to the journal's increased involvement with the field of management science. The first patron of Kybernetes, Stafford Beer, set the journal on course to include contributions in business and management cybernetics as well as systems science and related areas. He published in Kybernetes a substantial number of his most important and stimulating contributions to the field and encouraged the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) in their strategy of publishing papers on all aspects of the interdisciplinary fields of systems and cybernetics. In this i