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Russell Lincoln Ackoff (February 12, 1919 – October 29, 2009) was an American organizational theorist, consultant, and Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Russell Ackoff, a pioneer of systems thinking, shares his reflections on denying the obvious, dissolving problems, and catching social systems red-handed. He argues that systems thinking is holistic, transdisciplinary, and fun, and that it can improve the performance of organizations and society.
Russell Ackoff was an important early proponent of the field of operations research, and remained a tireless advocate for an expansive vision of what the field could be. Ackoff was raised in Philadelphia during the Great Depression.
17 de nov. de 2009 · Last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice.
20 de fev. de 2020 · Russell Ackoff (usually known as ‘Russ’) was a pioneer of the application of systems approaches to management, both through theoretical developments and through a deep and practical engagement with many different organisations.
30 de nov. de 2017 · Ackoff is one of the founders of operations research and systems thinking, linking science and business. Influential in management thinking for the entire second half of the 20th century, Ackoff has published 22 books and over 200 articles in journals and books, on a myriad of topics.
given by Russell Ackoff in March at Villanova Univer-sity. Dr. Ackoff spoke at a confer-ence honoring his lifetime of work in systems theory and practice—and celebrating his 80th birth-day. In the address below, he reflects on what he has enjoyed most about being a lifelong systems thinker. This article is reprinted by permission of Plenum Press.
