Cybernetics and system sciences applied to business

Dr. Stuart Umpleby is Professor Emeritus at the George Washington University. He taught management at GWU for many years. He has worked with corporations and government agencies in several countries. In this episode he discusses business and society using a more theoretical approach to management, a science of communication and decision-making called cybernetics. Hit play to hear his description of how this science can be used to understand problems in business and life.

• A more general interpretation of management
• How science itself is changing
• Some similarities between management and science
• Three models for understanding management problems
• A conception of objectivity in social science