Is, or was, Stafford Beer correct in the advise he gave to me in Toronto on August 3rd, 1996 that he knew of no one using cybernetics in the study of corporate governance?
Beer reviewed my paper presented in Toronto that day to the International Association of Management. The paper was later published in the first specialised journal on corporate governance:'Stakeholder Governance: A cybernetic and property rights analysis', Corporate Governance: An International Review, Blackwell, 5:1. pp. 11-23, January, 1997. 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/paper.taf?ABSTRACT_ID=11355 Full text at http://cog.kent.edu/lib/turnbull6/turnbull6.html
I am currently seeking publication of another paper presented in Canada:
'The Application of Cybernetic Knowledge in Governing Society', International Conference on Knowledge, Economy and Society, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 3rd, 1997
and a paper: 'Self-Regulation', Ninth International Conference on Socio-Economics, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 6th, 1997 and 26th Annual Conference of Economists, University of Tasmania, Australia, October 1st. 1997.
My survey of the Corporate Governance literature identifies the application of cybernetics as a gap in this topic. My survey was an invited contribution to mark the fifth year of publication of the first specialised Journal in this field. Refer to:
'Corporate Governance: Its scope, concerns & theories', Corporate Governance: An International Review, Blackwell, 5:4., pp. 180-205, October, 1997. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/paper.taf?ABSTRACT_ID=60001
Full text at: http://cog.kent.edu/lib/turnbull4.html
I would welcome a references or contacts with any others interested in the application of cybernetics to developing a what Oliver Williamson refers to as the "elusive science of organisations" or what other refer to as a theory of social construction.
Shann Turnbull
