Ackoff's Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy
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Book Overview
''Nothing is as obstructive to satisfaction of human needs and desires, let alone human progress, as bureaucracies.'' So goes Russell Ackoff's philosophy on human development. While relating wry observations made during a long career promoting human development, Ackoff demonstrates how most systems created to foster development actually prevent or retard it. You'll laugh at these war stories, but more importantly, you'll learn how to maximize your own personal development or that of your company by beating obstructive systems.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0471531944
ISBN13:9780471531944
Release Date:March 1991
Publisher:Wiley
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book's great. It presents a very pragmatic way of getting around, and teaches you how to undermine the system.
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