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The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.

— Anthony Stafford Beer Management Science (1968)

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A stochastic process is about the results of convolving probabilities-which is just what management is about, as well.

Management Science (1968)

The development of the Watt governor for steam engines, which adapted the power output of the engine automatically to the load by means of feedback, consolidated the first Industrial Revolution.

Management Science (1968)

A slowly moving queue does not move uniformly. Rather, waves of motion pass down the queue. The frequency and amplitude of these waves is inversely related to the speed at which the queue is served.

Management Science (1968)

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time.

Management Science (1968)

Management problems are not respecters of the company organization, nor of the talents of the people appointed to solve them.

Management Science (1968)

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