The Unaccountability Machine Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
-
- Hardcover
- Taschenbuch
- eBook ausgewählt
-
Form:Einzelkauf Download
-
Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 12.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Format
ePUB
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Nein
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Verkaufsrang
55325
Erscheinungsdatum
18.04.2024
Verlag
ProfileSeitenzahl
(Printausgabe)
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9781782839255
A NEW STATESMAN AND IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
'A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world' Rory Stewart
'Mischievous and fiercely intelligent' Ed Smith, New Statesman
'One of the most insightful books I've read in a long time' Sam Freedman
'The kind of book from which you look up to find the world suddenly more comprehensible' Guardian
'One of the most useful books of 2024' Economist
When 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.
Kundinnen und Kunden meinen
Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel
Helfen Sie anderen Kund*innen durch Ihre Meinung