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... sense ) can be proved , at least in small - scale models . Certainly business depends on personal ' initiative ' , the individual ' decision ' and ' responsibility ' of the entrepreneur ; the manager's choice whether or not to expand ...
... sense ) can be proved , at least in small - scale models . Certainly business depends on personal ' initiative ' , the individual ' decision ' and ' responsibility ' of the entrepreneur ; the manager's choice whether or not to expand ...
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... sense organs but rather in the central nervous system , for it is the same for different sense organs . This flicker fusion is , of course , the raison d'ĂȘtre of movie pictures when frames presented in a sequence faster than eighteen ...
... sense organs but rather in the central nervous system , for it is the same for different sense organs . This flicker fusion is , of course , the raison d'ĂȘtre of movie pictures when frames presented in a sequence faster than eighteen ...
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... sense - i.e. , regulation of happenings in the sense of maintenance , production and reproduction of organic wholeness , is a general criterion of life . True purposiveness , however , implies that actions are carried out with knowledge ...
... sense - i.e. , regulation of happenings in the sense of maintenance , production and reproduction of organic wholeness , is a general criterion of life . True purposiveness , however , implies that actions are carried out with knowledge ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 29 |
Limitations | 38 |
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