The Performance of Social Systems
Subtitle: Perspectives and Problems
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780306463099
Subjects: Business information systems; Sociology, Social Studies; Social Interaction; Sociological Theory; Social Science; Sociology; Sociology - Social Theory; Computers / Management Information Systems; Sociology - General; Evaluation; Social systems; Social values; System theory
First sentence: From cradle to grave, human beings are generally obliged to live in mutual interdependence, a Fact of history that may be related to the so-called natural systems characteristic of the animal kingdom.