An Introduction to Cybernetic Synergy: Improving Decision-Making and Cost Efficiency in Business and Commercial Environments

An Introduction to Cybernetic Synergy: Improving Decision-Making and Cost Efficiency in Business and Commercial Environments Cybernetics is about having a goal and taking action to achieve that goal. Knowing whether you have reached your goal (or at least are getting closer to it) requires 'feedback', a concept that was made rigorous by cybernetics.The subject of Cybernetic Synergy, although emanating from a socio-economic experiment of economic control by cybernetic means in Chile in the early 1970s, has never been approached as an applied subject in its own right. Indeed, the subject of applied cybernetics has never been addressed as a separate issue, although it has been shown that the overall subject of cybernetics applies to a wide range of disciplines, from biology to business via mathematics and engineering.Cybernetic synergy is the study of relationships and controls of and between corporate entities, on an external basis, and departments within corporate entities, on an internal basis. It concerns the decision-making process, and how decisions can be made based on feedback from any part of the organization being managed. It therefore concerns the issue of input of raw material or information, the output of the transformed information and materials, and the rectification of any issue based on negative feedback related to the productive process. It investigates not only the basic theory of the subject but also its applications in the commercial and business environment, as well as touching on government and administrative issues where shortcomings have emerged owing to a lack of synergy and communication. There are already several books available on the subject to cybernetics, but they are all concerned with mathematical approaches along with very heavy technical texts, most of which are completely alien to the layman or the simple practitioner. Furthermore, other than references to business or economic practice in some books, there has never been a book published purely about the subject of applied cybernetics relating to business practices.The book covers the [...] Autor: Mark Rowbotham Wydawnictwo: Productivity Press Rok wydania: 2022 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 316 Wymiary: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm Ilustracje: Illustrations Język: angielski ISBN: 9780367761387