Systems thinking  selected readings;  [electronic resource] 
edited by F.E. Emery.  
 - Harmondsworth,  Penguin  1969.  
 - 1 online resource (398 p.  illus. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references.  
<br/><br/> A logic of systems /  The structure and function of organization /  Closed and open systems /  The theory o f open systems in physics and biology /  Common characteristics of open systems /  Self-regulation and requisite variety /  Certain peculiarities of organisms as a system from the point of view of physics, cybernetics, and biology /  The abstract characteristics of living systems /  A tentative classification of goal-seeking behaviours /  Rational choice and the structure of the environment /  Adaptation in the multistable system /  The causal texture of organizational environments /  Foundations of the theory of organizations /  Socio-technical systems /  A formalization of functionalism /  Systems, organizations, and interdisciplinary research /  Economic development, research and development, policy making : some converging views /  The road to 1977 /  A. Angyal --  J. Feibleman and J.W. Friend --  W. Koehler --  L. von Bertalanffy --  D. Katz and R.L. Kahn --  W.R. Ashby --  V.I. Kremyanskiy --  G. Sommerhoff --  M.P. Schutzenberger --  H.A. Simon --  W.R. Ashby --  F.E. Emery and E.L. Trist --  P. Selznick --  F.E. Emery and E.L. Trist --  E. Nagel --  R.L. Ackoff --  A.O. Hirschman and C.E. Lindblom --  M. Ways.  Part I. Precendents to systems theory --  Part II. Properties of open systems --  Part III. The environment of a system --  Part IV. Human organizations as systems --  Part V. Systems management -- 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>System analysis.<br/>Ciencias sociales--Investigaciâon--Metodologâia.<br/>Organisation.<br/>Syst?emes, Analyse de.<br/>Syst?emes, Thâeorie des.<br/>Syst?emes, Analyse de.<br/>Management.<br/>Organisatietheorie.<br/>Systeemtheorie.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q295  / .E45