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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Russell Lincoln Ackoff |
| ISBN: | 0195123875 9780195123876 |
| OCLC Number: | 40675139 |
| Description: | xii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Pt. I. Background -- 1. Nature of systems -- 2. Types of systems and models -- 3. Types of management -- Pt. II. Process: planning, design, implementation, and learning -- 4. Formulating the mess: sensing and making sense of the situation -- 5. Ends planning: where to go -- 6. Means planning: how to get there -- 7. Resource planning: what's needed to get there -- 8. Implementation and control: doing it and learning -- Pt. III. Designs: democracy, economy, and flexibility -- 9. Democratic hierarchy: the circular organization -- 10. Internal market economy -- 11. Permanently structured multidimensional organization -- Pt. IV. Change: reformations and transformations -- 12. Panaceas, fads, and quick fixes -- 13. Organizational development and transformational leadership. App. B. Application of interactive planning. |
| Other Titles: | Recreating the corporation |
| Responsibility: | Russell L. Ackoff. |
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Abstract:
Since the 1960s, the average life expectancy of a corporation in North America has dipped well below 20 years. In this work, Russell L. Ackof f, delivers a guide for those hoping to beat these odds - and to better navigate the corporate challenges of the next millennium.
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