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August 27, 2014

Ackoff Quotes

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This page provides some quotes from Russell Ackoff who was a professor and pioneer in the fields of operations research, systems thinking and management science.

Contents

  • 1 Sourced
    • 1.1 1950s
      • 1.1.1 The development of operations research as a science, 1956
    • 1.2 1960s
      • 1.2.1 Scientific method: optimizing applied research decisions, 1962
      • 1.2.2 Management misinformation systems, 1967
      • 1.2.3 A concept of corporate planning, 1969
    • 1.3 1970s
      • 1.3.1 Towards a System of Systems Concepts, 1971
      • 1.3.2 On purposeful systems., 1972
      • 1.3.3 Redesigning the future, 1974
      • 1.3.4 The Art of Problem Solving, 1978
      • 1.3.5 The future of operational research is past, 1979
    • 1.4 1980s
      • 1.4.1 Creating the Corporate Future, 1981
      • 1.4.2 From Data to Wisdom, 1989
    • 1.5 1990s
      • 1.5.1 Re-Creating the Corporation (1999)
    • 1.6 2000s
      • 1.6.1 A little book of f-laws: 13 common sins of management, 2006
  • 2 About Russell L. Ackoff
  • 3 External links

 

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