Ackoff's Best: His Classic Writings on ManagementISBN: 978-0-471-31634-3
Hardcover
368 pages
February 1999
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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.
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.
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