According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, electronic, biological, human, economic, and so on), there is a natural law that governs the capacity of a control system to work. It says that the control must be capable of generating as much "variety" as the situation to be controlled.

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

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

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

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

According to the science of cybernetics, which deals with the topic of control in every kind of system (mechanical, electronic, biological, human, economic, and so on), there is a natural law that governs the capacity of a control system to work. It says that the control must be capable of generating as much "variety" as the situation to be controlled.

Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.