"General Systems Theory, as originally intended by Von Bertalanffy, is an ideal framework for the modeling of a busine…"

". There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do."

"If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control"

"Hence we may recognize the subject of management cybernetics — which is seen as a rich provider of models for doing OR."

"An internal combustion engine is 'clearly' a system ; we subscribe to this opinion because we know that the engine wa…"

"Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept"

"The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal."

"According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, e…"

"It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it."

"A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitu…"