Noun
(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in biological and artificial systems)
Source: WordNetIf cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control. Anthony Stafford Beer
Hence we may recognize the subject of management cybernetics - which is seen as a rich provider of models for doing OR. Anthony Stafford Beer
W. Ross Ashby is one of the founding fathers of both cybernetics and systems theory. He developed such fundamental ideas as the homeostat, the law of requisite variety, the principle of self-organization, and the principle of regulatory models. Francis Heylighen
Cybernetics is the study of systems and processes that interact with themselves and produce themselves from themselves. Louis Kauffman
Cybernetics offers a scientific approach to the cussedness of organisms, suggests how their behaviours can be catalysed and the mystique and rule of thumb banished. Gordon Pask
Cybernetics is the science or the art of manipulating defensible metaphors; showing how they may be constructed and what can be inferred as a result of their existence. Gordon Pask