Stafford Beer
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| Born | Anthony Stafford Beer 25 September 1926 Putney, London, England |
| Died | 23 August 2002 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Theorist, consultant and professor |
| Known for | Operational research, management cybernetics |
Anthony Stafford Beer (25 September 1926 – 23 August 2002) was a British theorist, consultant and professor at Manchester Business School. He is known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics, and for his heuristic in systems thinking, "the purpose of a system is what it does."