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 Victoria Cross in World War I while serving in The Sherwood Foresters, and was knighted following World War II during which he served as Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Economic Warfare, in charge of economic intelligence and as a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee.
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| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 1982 |
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| Born | 1894 |
| Died | 1982 |
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Social systems, System theory, Administration publique (Science), Automation, Comportement organisationnel, Decision making, Decision-making, Economic policy, Entscheidungsprozess, Executives, Industrial sociology, Institution (Soziologie), Judgment, Management, Organisationssoziologie, Policy sciences, Political sociology, Prise de décision, Public administration, Sciences de la politique, Sciences sociales, Social Sciences, Social evolution, Social institutions, Social sciencesID Numbers
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- Wikidata: Q2520495
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- Vickers, Geoffrey Sir.
- Geoffrey Vickers
- Vickers, Geoffrey (Sir)
- Vickers, Geoffrey, Sir
- Geoffrey Vicker
- VICKERS, Geoffrey Sir.
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| January 6, 2015 | Edited by Hilary Caws-Elwitt | Changed to correct listing order, added bio from W. |
| October 29, 2010 | Edited by Alan Millar | merge authors |
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