Russell L. Ackoff

21 books

Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies by Russell L. Ackoff, Sheldon Rovin

Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies

Russell L. Ackoff, Sheldon Rovin

175 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

informative medium-paced
Creating the Corporate Future: Plan or Be Planned for by Russell L. Ackoff

Creating the Corporate Future: Plan or Be Planned for

Russell L. Ackoff

312 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

business informative reflective medium-paced
The Democratic Corporation: A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success by Russell L. Ackoff

The Democratic Corporation: A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success

Russell L. Ackoff

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction business economics history
Differences that Make a Difference: An Annotated Glossary of Distinctions Important in Management by Russell L. Ackoff, Charles B. Handy

Differences that Make a Difference: An Annotated Glossary of Distinctions Important in Management

Russell L. Ackoff, Charles B. Handy

144 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction business informative reflective medium-paced
Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis...Today by Russell L. Ackoff, Herbert J. Addison, Jason Magidson

Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis...Today

Russell L. Ackoff, Herbert J. Addison, Jason Magidson

336 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

business design informative medium-paced
Management in Small Doses by Russell L. Ackoff

Management in Small Doses

Russell L. Ackoff

208 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

informative medium-paced
On Purposeful Systems by Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff
On Purposeful Systems
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Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff

On Purposeful Systems

Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff

288 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

informative slow-paced
Redesigning the Future: A Systems Approach to Societal Problems by Russell L. Ackoff
Redesigning the Future: A Systems Approach to Societal Problems
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Russell L. Ackoff

Redesigning the Future: A Systems Approach to Societal Problems

Russell L. Ackoff

260 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

medium-paced
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions by Russell L. Ackoff
Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions
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Russell L. Ackoff

Scientific Method: Optimizing Applied Research Decisions

Russell L. Ackoff

464 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

medium-paced
Systems Thinking for Curious Managers: With 40 New Management F-Law by Russell L. Ackoff, Jamshid Gharajedaghi, Andrew Carey, Herbert Addison

Systems Thinking for Curious Managers: With 40 New Management F-Law

Russell L. Ackoff, Jamshid Gharajedaghi, Andrew Carey, Herbert Addison

96 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

business informative medium-paced