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A proposed taxonomy of management systems

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2003

Abstract

Management systems are part of virtually every organization. However, so far no systematic effort has been made to distinguish different stages in the adaptive process of management systems according to sophistication criteria. By building on existing theories in the areas of systems control, cybernetics, and general systems theory, this paper develops and presents a taxonomy of management systems. It is shown that flowing-equilibrium (F-E) management systems can explain systems behavior that cannot be explained by management theory based on cybernetics or double-loop learning.

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Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/IIWZ2DD5KMYJNZRXKZYV?target=10.1002/sres.523

Publication Title

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

DOI

10.1002/sres.523

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