Description
| Product ID: | 9781788169547 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Unaccountability Machine |
| Subtitle: | Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind |
| Authors: | Author: Dan Davies |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Cybernetics and systems theory, Cybernetics & systems theory, Comparative politics, Organizational theory and behaviour, Comparative politics, Organizational theory & behaviour |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing expose of how management failures lead organisations to make catastrophic errors ''Entertaining, insightful ... compelling'' Financial Times''Clear and compelling ... it will make you look at the world differently'' Stephen BushWhen 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2024-04-18 |
