Geoffrey Vickers
1894 – 1982
> Sir (Charles) Geoffrey Vickers, VC (13 October 1894 – 16 March 1982) was an English lawyer, administrator, writer and pioneering systems scientist. He had varied interests with roles at different times with the London Passenger Transport Board, Law Society, Medical Research Council and Mental Health Research Fund. In the later years he wrote and lectured on social systems analysis and the complex patterns of social organisation. The Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award has been presented by the International Society for the Systems Sciences since 1987 in his memory. > He was awarded the Vi
Human systems are different
Making institutions work
The art of judgement
Freedom in a rocking boat
Policymaking, communication, and social learning
The art of judgment
The Vickers Papers
Towards a sociology of management
Value systems and social process
Control, stability and choice
Industry, human relations, and mental health
Legal obstacles to industrial integration