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Planning for Human Systems : Essays in Honor of Russell L. Ackoff /
Russell Lincoln Ackoff is a recognized authority in the field of operations research and systems theory. This volume is divided into four major sections. The first deals with Ackoff's intellectual roots in the American pragmatic tradition. The second section demonstrates how systems thinkers ha...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Distributed by University of Pennsylvania Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: Russell Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: The Story of a Model Relationship; 1. Russell L. Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: I. The Influence of the Man on the Organization; 2. Russell L. Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: II. The Influence of the Organization on the Man; Section II: Pragmatism and Progress: Foundations; 3. Analysis of Concepts; 4. The Apostle of Progress; 5. A Present of the Future; 6. OR, MS, Systems Science, and Russell Ackoff: The Development of Two Paradigms; Appendix: Principal Publications of Russell L. Ackoff.
- Section III: Systems Thinkers and Systems Applications7. Planning Concepts, Planning Contexts; 8. OR in Organizations; 9. Andras Angyal and Systems Thinking; 10. A Theory of Management; 11. Educating for Reflection-in-Action; 12. Performance Criteria as a Means of Social Integration; 13. Some Comments on R. Ackoff's Concept of Interactive Planning; 14. On Suicidal Rabbits: A Relativity of Systems; 15. Personal Computers and the Shifting Control of Information in Corporations; 16. Democratizing the Corporation: A Stakeholder Perspective.
- Section IV: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Purposeful Action Within Systems17. Inequalities in Decision Theory; 18. Priorities and Decisions in Hierarchic and Feedback Systems; 19. Measuring Process Creativity; 20. Innovation and Optimization; 21. Is It the Right Problem?; 22. How Management by Consensus Is Bringing the Kingdom Down; 23. Innovation in Juvenile Justice; Section V: Planning for National Development; 24. The Elusive Interdisciplinarity of Development Planning; 25. National Development Planning in Turbulent Times: New Approaches and Criteria for Institutional Design.
- 26. Redesigning Western Foreign Policy27. Power in the Design, Management, and Evaluation of Organizations; 28. Toward Interactive Planning for International Development Projects; 29. Surutato: An Experience in Rural Participative Planning; List of Contributors; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z.