This personal and informal work portrays Drucker as a leader and thinker of infinite curiosity, imaginative, sympathetic, and enormously interested in people, ideas, and the forces behind them.

    His writing is as much art as it is science. He is the most viable system I know.--Dr Russell L Ackoff, The Institute for Interactive Management, Pennsylvania, USAIf...anyone can make it [Operations Research] understandably readable and positively interesting it is Stafford Beer...everyone in management...should be grateful to him for using clear and at times elegant English and ... even elegant diagrams.-- The Economist This is the companion volume to Brain of the Firm and addresses the nature of viable systems, those capable of surviving. It does not use the neurophysiological basis elucidated in brain, but develops the same theory from first principles. This book declares that every enterprise is a system, and in particular must be a viable system. Viability is not just a matter of economic solvency; we need laws that govern the capacity of any enterprise to maintain independent existence. The Heart of Enterprise is full of examples (actual, author-generated examples) taken from management practice.I consistently find that Stafford Beer provides the most useful analytical framework for understanding and managing an enterprise--public or private. Heart of The Enterprise offers a demanding but rewarding exposition of his approach and applications.--Sir Douglas Hague, CBE

    Whether you manage a large plant or run your own small business, applying this simple principle of quality control will boost your profits and your career. "Quality Is Free" sets forth easy-to-implement programs, using actual case histories to demonstrate just how well quality control works, and providing important tools for success.

    Little has changed their central role since Morgan's best-selling book first appeared in 1979.

    There are equally many advanced textbooks which delve into the far reaches of statistical theory, while bypassing practical applications. But between these two approaches is an unfilled gap, in which theory and practice merge at an intermediate level. Professor M. G. Bulmer's Principles of Statistics, originally published in 1965, was created to fill that need. The new, corrected Dover edition of Principles of Statistics makes this invaluable mid-level text available once again for the classroom or for self-study.Principles of Statistics was created primarily for the student of natural sciences, the social scientist, the undergraduate mathematics student, or anyone familiar with the basics of mathematical language. It assumes no previous knowledge of statistics or probability; nor is extensive mathematical knowledge necessary beyond a familiarity with the fundamentals of differential and integral calculus. (The calculus is used primarily for ease of notation; skill in the techniques of integration is not necessary in order to understand the text.)Professor Bulmer devotes the first chapters to a concise, admirably clear description of basic terminology and fundamental statistical theory: abstract concepts of probability and their applications in dice games, Mendelian heredity, etc.; definitions and examples of discrete and continuous random variables; multivariate distributions and the descriptive tools used to delineate them; expected values; etc. The book then moves quickly to more advanced levels, as Professor Bulmer describes important distributions (binomial, Poisson, exponential, normal, etc.), tests of significance, statistical inference, point estimation, regression, and correlation. Dozens of exercises and problems appear at the end of various chapters, with answers provided at the back of the book. Also included are a number of statistical tables and selected references.

    And covers both personal and company strategies. New appendices on the chemistry of entrepreneurship and corporate venturing.

    When a large tanker crashes off the coast of southern England, the Gulper drinks the giant oil slick and saves Britain.

    The basic and advanced calculations, equations, formulas and definitions you need to do your job better, faster, smarter Arranged in a pictorial dictionary format, this handy working tool gives you instant expertise in: basic and advanced algebra, geometry and trigonometry; differential calculus; probability and statistics; sequence and series; plane curves and areas; integral calculus; higher transcendent functions; orginary differential equations; Fourier series; Laplace transforms; space curves and surface; vector analysis; definite and indefinite integrals; functions of a complex variable; numerical methods; analytic geometry; and much more.

    It has a focus upon the behaviour of complex organizations in turbulent environments and upon what determines success. The book is a ground-breaking approach to modelling strategic capability and strategic choice that has influenced an entire generation of managers and strategists. It remains a key work on strategy.

    It emphasizes the development of math skills and aims to promote confidence in students with a range of mathematical skills. It includes worked examples and step-by-step solutions.

    Introduces many of the evolving influences facing modern marketers, including a regionalised global environment, trends in the digital communication era, and an ever increasing quest for the measurability of marketing programs.

    It contains information on financing, tax advice, and an introduction to business administration.

    Rogge—late Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at Wabash College—was a representative of that most unusual species: economists who speak and write in clear English. He forsakes professional jargon for clarity and logic—and can even be downright funny. The nineteen essays in this volume explore the philosophy of freedom, the nature of economics, the business system, labor markets, money and inflation, the problems of cities, education, and what must be done to ensure the survival of free institutions and capitalism.Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

    

    

    Dayton shows that if readers follow his suggestions, tensions about money can disappear.