Organizational Intelligence: Knowledge and Policy in Government and Industry [Paperback]

Harold L. Wilensky (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.,U.S. (December 1967)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465053181
• ISBN-13: 978-0465053186
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,326,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Foundation Work, April 2, 2008

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Robert D. Steele (Oakton, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This gem is so valuable to me that when I could not find a copy for sale (this was way back before Amazon made it easy), I made a personal copy.

This is a foundation work for organizational intelligence, which now includes four converging streams: Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Collective Intelligence, Peace Intelligence, and Commercial Intelligence.

I would like very much to see this re-published, and would be glad to contribute a preface from a commercial point of view while Mark Tovey, editor of the forthcoming book on Collective Intelligence: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace, does the academic preface.

This is a "must have" reference for anyone thinking about group IQ, smart mobs, smart nations, smart corporations, etcetera.

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