Systems, Experts, and Computers: The Systems Approach in Management and Engineering, World War II and After

Book Overview

After World War II, a systems approach to solving complex problems and managing complex systems came into vogue among engineers, scientists, and managers, fostered in part by the diffusion of digital computing power. Enthusiasm for the approach peaked during the Johnson administration, when it was applied to everything from military command and control systems to poverty in American cities. Although its failure in the social sphere, coupled with increasing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262082853
• ISBN13: 9780262082853
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher