{"product_id":"platform-for-change-by-stafford-beer-9780471948407","title":"Platform for Change","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stafford Beer is undoubtedly among the world's most provocative, creative, and profound thinkers on the subject of management, and he records his thinking with a flair that is unmatched. 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, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a highly original book both in content and format. It presents thirteen 'arguments for change', which are linked by a personal commentary, and by a deeper, 'metalinguistic', commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlatform for Change\u003c\/em\u003e is completely self-contained. It does not deal at all with the nature of viable systems, but is directed towards the hope that our planet may yet remain viable—and the human race survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471374598380,"sku":"9780471948407","price":123.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780471948407-platform-for-change.jpg?v=1775241028","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/platform-for-change-by-stafford-beer-9780471948407","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}