Ackoff's Best His Classic Writings on Management

Name: Ackoff's Best His Classic Writings on Management
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ISBN: 9780471316343

ISBN-10: 0471316342

ISBN-13: 9780471316343

Edition: 1999

Authors: Russell L. Ackoff

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The essays included in Ackoff's Best range from corporate planning and understanding the difference between growth and development, to recent work on applying systems thinking to small teams to make them more effective.

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.59" long x 1.21" tall
Weight: 1.716
Language: English



Systems


Our Changing Concept of the World


Reflections on Systems and Their Models


Growth versus Development


Toward a System of Systems Concepts


Beating the System


Planning


The Nature of Planning


Alternative Types of Planning


Problem Treatments


Mess Management


Ends Planning


@aMission Statements


Creativity and Constraints


Applications


Consumer Design


Education


@aNever Let Your Schooling Interfere with Your Education


Crime


The Effect of Advertising on Sales: A Study of Relations


On Pairs and Trios: The Smallest Social Systems


Why People Drink: Toward Understanding Objectives


Corporate Perestroika: The Internal Market Economy


Design of Management Systems


Science


The Nature of Science and Methodology


Objectivity


Rationality


The Future of Operational Research Is Past


Epilogue: The Role of Business in a Democratic Society


Index