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Re-creating the Corporation

A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

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Re-creating the Corporation

A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

Over the last three decades the average life expectancy of a corporation in North America has dipped well below 20 years. In fact, by 1983 a full third of the 1970 Fortune 500 companies had been acquired, merged, or broken apart. In this landmark book, one of the business world's foremost pioneers, Russell L. Ackoff, delivers this indispensable guide for those hoping to beat these odds--and to better navigate the corporate challenges of the next millennium. While most business and management schools continue to teach the functions of a corporation separately--production, marketing, finance, personnel--the reality is that for a corporation to endure each division must work with the others to create an effective system. Re-Creating the Corporation is Ackoff's masterful blueprint for understanding and creating these model corporate systems. In four comprehensive sections--Background, Process, Designs, and Change--Ackoff lays out in clear concise prose the five organizational goals of successful corporate systems: plan effectively, learn and adapt rapidly, democratize, introduce internal market economies, and employ a flexible structure that will minimize the need for future restructuring. And through a deft mix of practical and theoretical examples drawn from a wide range of applications in a wide range of firms, this book ultimately guides executives to the system best suited to meet their organizational goals. Re-Creating the Corporation, which is the culmination of a lifetime of innovative and insightful business thought from one of the business world's premier thinkers, is essential reading for those attempting to navigate the rapidly changing economic environment of the next millennium.

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0195123875

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On Purposeful Systems

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual And Social Behavior As a System of Purposeful Events

By: Russell L. Ackoff,Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Fred E. Emery

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An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual And Social Behavior As a System of Purposeful Events

By: Russell L. Ackoff,Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Fred E. Emery

This book provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior as a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends general systems theory. Part One develops the concepts of traditional mechanism from which, successively, the concepts of "function," "choice," "goal-seeking," and "purposefulness" are derived, leading to a quantitative formulation of "personality". Part Two provides an analysis of aspects of purposeful behavior and personality, and Part Three explores the interaction of purposeful systems. Part Four is concerned with the study of social groups and ideal-seeking behavior. Finally, structural concepts underpinning the theoretical system are redefined in technological terms, thus demonstrating the non-vicious circularity and interdependence of all scientific concepts. "What makes this book magical' is that Ackoff provides operational definitions' for many ill-defined words and concepts--from defining knowledge' and understanding' to providing definitions of feelings/emotions.... In terms of Kuhn's idea of paradigm shifts'--this book represents a shift that has yet to be appreciated, thirty years later." --W. Curtiss Priest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Russell L. Ackoff is chairman of the board of the Institute for Interactive Management. Since 1986 he has been the Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Anheuser-Busch Visiting Professor of Marketing, Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis. He was former chairman of the Social Systems Science Department and the Busch Center, which specializes in systems planning, research, and design. Dr. Ackoff is the author and co-author of nineteen books. Fred E. Emery was Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra. Previously he was chairman of the Human Resources Centre at the Tavistock Institute, and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto. Brent D. Ruben is professor of communication and executive director, Center for Organizational Development and Leadership at Rutgers University.

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0202367606

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The Democratic Corporation

A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

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The Democratic Corporation

A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

A widely respected business thinker and pioneer in the fields of operations research and systems thinking offers a radical new approach to revitalize the American corporation. Ackoff explodes a number of fashionable business notions and introduces new organizational structures that can give a competitive edge. He cites examples from prominent companies such as General Motors, IBM, Kodak, Alcoa, Dupont, and others.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195087275

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Re-creating the Corporation

A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

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A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century

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Differences

By: Russell Ackoff

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Differences

By: Russell Ackoff

Russell Ackoff's long and distinguished career as the doyen of Design and Systems Thinking was built around a collection of deceptively simple - but often overlooked - principles and observations. In "e;Differences That Make a Difference"e; - the last of his many books - Ackoff determined to distill the wisdom of a lifetime into a 'glossary' that would be easily accessible to managers, employees, students, and academics alike. His aim was to dissolve (not solve or resolve) some of the many disputes in professional and private life that revolve around meaning and (mis)understanding. For example, development and growth do not mean the same thing. A cemetery or rubbish heap can grow without developing, whereas a person continues to develop long after he or she has stopped growing. Ackoff understood that getting to the bottom of differences like this one could have far-reaching practical consequences for improving our organizational health. In "e;Differences That Make a Difference"e;, he has succeeded magnificently in creating what Charles Handy in his Foreword calls 'a manual for clear thinking'. And if the world ever needed clear thinking...

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1908009020

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The Democratic Corporation

A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff

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A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success

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Systems Thinking for Curious Managers

By: Russell L Ackoff

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Systems Thinking for Curious Managers

By: Russell L Ackoff

Russell Ackoff's guide to systems thinking

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Differences

By: Russell Ackoff

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Ackoff's F/Laws

The Cake

By: Russell L Ackoff

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Ackoff's F/Laws

The Cake

By: Russell L Ackoff

The complete collection of Russ Ackoff's F/laws

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1908009543

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Management F-Laws

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Herbert J. Addison,Sally Bibb

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Management F-Laws

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Herbert J. Addison,Sally Bibb

Management f-LAWS: How Organizations Really Work brings together a collection of Professor Russell Ackoff's subversive insights into the world of business. Russell Ackoff is one of the world's leading business thinkers and one of the founding fathers of Systems Thinking. His Management f-Laws (a term coined by Ackoff) expose the conventions and laws of management - the hierarchies and power struggles, the ineptitudes and time-wasting, the prejudices and careless thinking - as flaws of management: all of which hinder successful strategies for organizational change and development.

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0955008123

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Idealized Design

Creating an Organization's Future

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Jason Magidson,Herbert J. Addison

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Idealized Design

Creating an Organization's Future

By: Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Jason Magidson,Herbert J. Addison

Don't settle for incremental change: invent tomorrow today! bull; Discover your 'ideal' solution: then, work backwards to make it happen! bull; The definitive guide to idealized design, authored by its legendary creator, and leading practitioner. bull; Start-to-finish techniques and examples drawn from hundreds of companies, nonprofits, and government organizations.

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Wharton School Pub

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0131963635

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On Purposeful Systems

An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as a System of Purposeful Events

By: Russell L. Ackoff,Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Fred E. Emery,Brent D. Ruben

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An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Individual and Social Behavior as a System of Purposeful Events

By: Russell L. Ackoff,Russell Lincoln Ackoff,Fred E. Emery,Brent D. Ruben

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Re-creating the Corporation

Re-creating the Corporation

On Purposeful Systems

On Purposeful Systems

The Democratic Corporation

The Democratic Corporation

Re-creating the Corporation

Re-creating the Corporation

Differences

Differences

The Democratic Corporation

The Democratic Corporation

Systems Thinking for Curious Managers

Systems Thinking for Curious Managers

Differences

Differences

Ackoff's F/Laws

Ackoff's F/Laws

Management F-Laws

Management F-Laws

Idealized Design

Idealized Design

On Purposeful Systems

On Purposeful Systems

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