Here’s why thousands of readers in business and managementturn to Russell Ackoff for innovative and effective ideas: “RussellAckoff has probably influenced more managers than any other livingperson…. Two of his books, Scientific Method (1962) andRedesigning the Future (1974), are the cornerstones of much of thetheory and methods for systematic analysis of problems inmanagement and planning.” –APA Journal “Russell Ackoff isundoubtedly one of the great masters of this art…” [ofstorytelling as a means of conveying information]. –Omega, TheInternational Journal of Management Science The Art of ProblemSolving is… “A witty, literate, and most of all convincingreflection…. He shines an often bright light into cornerswhere problems hide, showing the manager how to understand theconsequences of his own behavior; identify real, rather thansupposed, elements of problems; perceive another’s aims;determine what is controllable; and deal with other nettlesomefactors.” –INC.
Book Details:
- Author: Russell L. Ackoff
- ISBN: 9780471090090
- Year Published: 1981
- Pages: 312
- BISAC: BUS071000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Leadership
About the Book and Topic:
Here’s why thousands of readers in business and managementturn to Russell Ackoff for innovative and effective ideas: “RussellAckoff has probably influenced more managers than any other livingperson…. Two of his books, Scientific Method (1962) andRedesigning the Future (1974), are the cornerstones of much of thetheory and methods for systematic analysis of problems inmanagement and planning.” –APA Journal “Russell Ackoff isundoubtedly one of the great masters of this art…” [ofstorytelling as a means of conveying information]. –Omega, TheInternational Journal of Management Science The Art of ProblemSolving is… “A witty, literate, and most of all convincingreflection…. He shines an often bright light into cornerswhere problems hide, showing the manager how to understand theconsequences of his own behavior; identify real, rather thansupposed, elements of problems; perceive another’s aims;determine what is controllable; and deal with other nettlesomefactors.” –INC.
About the Author
About the author. RUSSELL L. ACKOFF is a Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Systems Sciences at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947. Dr. Ackoff is the author or co-author of fifteen other books, along with over 150 articles published in various books and journals. He also performs research for more than 200 corporations and government agencies, and serves as a consultant for a number of major companies.