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Cybernetic Management Paradigms

In: Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations

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  • Matthias Hühn

    (Management Kühne Logistics University - Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung)

Abstract

This chapter looks at management research in general and the contribution of two cybernetic management approaches in particular. It starts by proposing a new paradigmatic matrix structure for the field of business-related sciences that challenges Burrell and Morgan’s matrix of sociological paradigms. Two quadrants of the matrix are occupied by two variants of cybernetic management: the St. Gallen Approach to Management as espoused by Hans Ulrich, and the pure Cybernetic Management approach introduced by Stafford Beer and detailed by Raúl Espejo, Roger Harnden, and Markus Schwaninger. I will briefly explain the two dimensions of the matrix, then discuss the four paradigms, and end with an explanation of how the two cybernetic paradigms differ both from the two mainstream paradigms, which are called Management and Traditional Business Administration, and from each other. Lastly, I will analyze the two cybernetic management approaches with regards to their respective future.

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  • Matthias Hühn, 2012. "Cybernetic Management Paradigms," Springer Books, in: Stefan N. Grösser & René Zeier (ed.), Systemic Management for Intelligent Organizations, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 3-19, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-29244-6_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29244-6_1
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