Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Sciences of the Artificial
- Author
- Herbert A. Simon
- Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 231
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Herbert Simon’s book on the sciences of designed things, which makes the case for design and synthesis — not just analysis — as a discipline in its own right.
Where I heard about it
- Managers Not MBAs — Mintzberg invokes it as the basis for treating design and synthesis as central to management training, a recurring reference in the book’s pedagogy chapters.
Connections
- Managers Not MBAs — where this book is cited.