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| Author: | Lewis, G. J. Stewart, N. |
| Title: | The Measurement of Environmental Performance: An Application of Ashby's Law |
| Journal: | Systems Research and Behavioral Science
2003 : JAN-FEB, VOL. 20:1, p. 31-52 |
| Index terms: | TEXTILE INDUSTRY UNCERTAINTY RATIONALITY DECISION MAKING PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Ashby's law of requisite variety is a fundamental law of organizations. An implication of the law for business organizations is that they must develop sufficient information management and decision-making capacity to cope with the complexity in the environment in which they operate. The law has the major limitation that, for all practical purposes, variety cannot be measured; the number of states of anything other than the simplest 'controller' is a vast, incomputable value. The paper describes a study of the UK textile industry and, in particular, the response of that industry to environmental (i.e., green) pressures and opportunities. The study was undertaken both at the level of individual companies and of the industry itself. |
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