Organization as a Total System

For example, see Litterer Joseph , Analysis of Organizations (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1965); MacMillian Claude Gonzales Richard , Systems Analysis (Homewood: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1965), Chaps. 11–14; Ashby Ross , An Introduction to Cybernetics (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1958), Chaps. 10–14.

For example, see Malcolm Donald G. , Management Control Systems (New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960).

See Leondes Cornelius , Computer Control Systems Technology (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961), Chaps. 15–20.

See Hall Arthur D. , A Methodology for Systems Engineering (Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1962); and Goode Harry E. Machol Robert E. , System Engineering (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1957).

For a review of adaptive systems, see Mishkin El. Braun Ludwig Jr. , Adaptive Control Systems (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961); and Westcott J. H. , An Exposition of Adaptive Control (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962).

For a more complete review, see Goode Machol , System Engineering.

Thompson Gerald L. , “Some Approaches to the Solution of Large Scale Combinatorial Problems,” Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, working paper, p. 25.

Ackoff Russell L. , “The Development of Operations Research,” Scientific Decision Making in Business, Shuchman Abe , ed. (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1963), pp. 59–60.