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Russell L. Ackoff

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

February 12, 1919

Died

October 29, 2009

Genre

Business & Investing, Philosophy

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Russell Lincoln Ackoff was Anheuser Busch Professor Emeritus of management science at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Professor Ackoff was an American organizational theorist and consultant, and a pioneer in the fields of operations research and management science. ...more

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	The Art of Problem Solving: Accompanied by Ackoff's Fables 3.94 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1978 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Systems Thinking for Curious Managers: With 40 New Management F-Law by Russell L. Ackoff, Jamshid Gharajedaghi, Herbert Addison (Contributor) 3.99 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track by Russell L. Ackoff, Daniel Greenberg 4.09 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ackoff's Best: His Classic Writings on Management 4.20 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Re-Creating the Corporation: A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century 4.13 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Idealized Design: Creating an Organization's Future by Russell L. Ackoff, Jason Magidson, Herbert J. Addison 3.89 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Management F-Laws: How Organizations Really Work by Russell L. Ackoff, Herbert J. Addison, Sally Bibb 4.05 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating the Corporate Future: Plan or be Planned For 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beating the System: Using Creativity to Outsmart Bureaucracies by Russell L. Ackoff, Sheldon Rovin 3.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ackoff's Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A good deal of the corporate planning I have observed is like a ritual rain dance; it has no effect on the weather that follows, but those who engage in it think it does. Moreover, it seems to me that much of the advice and instruction related to corporate planning is directed at improving the dancing, not the weather.”
― Russell Ackoff

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“Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.”
― Russell Ackoff

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“Nothing consumes time like nothing.”
― Russell Ackoff

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