Records the multidisciplinary origins of systems theory and traces its migration into such fields as cybernetics, communication theory, and social planning. Illustrates how original successes of systems theory in technical areas were followed by failures when applied to complex societal problems. Evaluates systems theory as an ideology rather than a set of workable techniques, and discusses implications of the systems approach as a social problem-solver.
- ISBN10 0471535338
- ISBN13 9780471535331
- Publish Date 27 February 1978
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 16 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 302
- Language English