Strategies, systems, and organizations: An interview with Russell L. Ackoff

Abstract

You were one of the founders of operations research and management science in the U.S. In the early 1970s, however, when the “predict and prepare” school of planning was at the peak of its influence in corporate America, you left management science. What made you move away from such a successful paradigm?

Citation

Ackoff, R.L. (1997), "Strategies, systems, and organizations: An interview with Russell L. Ackoff", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 22-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb054582