CYBERNETICS:the new science of management

Abstract

CYBERNETICS is the science of management; and also in some senses the science of science. It contains the fundamental ingredients of what is needed for all of organization and planning. The word cybernetics applies to any sort of closed‐loop system, which is adaptive. Because some such systems are serious and important, while others are light‐hearted and trivial, cybernetics is misunderstood in many quarters. All this has created a sad state of affairs because cybernetics as applied to serious systems is the most important science of our times.

Citation

GEORGE, F. (1969), "CYBERNETICS:the new science of management", Management Decision, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb000884