Anthony Stafford Beer Inspirational Quotes (8)

The system of transportation is not coherent it is not treated as integral. Roads compete with with railroads and airlines in chaotic fashion, and at immense cost to the nation.

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.

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

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

Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content.

Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.