8. OR in Organizations

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Section I: Russell Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: The Story of a Model Relationship
5. 1. Russell L. Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: I. The Influence of the Man on the Organization 1
6. 2. Russell L. Ackoff and Anheuser-Busch: II. The Influence of the Organization on the Man 9
7. Section II. Pragmatism and Progress: Foundations
8. 3. Analysis of Concepts 19
9. 4. The Apostle of Progress 31
10. 5. A Present of the Future 49
11. 6. OR, MS, Systems Science, and Russell Ackoff: The Development of Two Paradigms 53
12. Appendix: Principal Publications of Russell L. Ackoff 70
13. Section III. Systems Thinkers and Systems Applications
14. 7. Planning Concepts, Planning Contexts 81
15. 8. OR in Organizations 98
16. 9. Andras Angyal and Systems Thinking 111
17. 10. A Theory of Management 133
18. 11. Educating for Reflection-in-Action 142
19. 12. Performance Criteria as a Means of Social integration 162
20. 13. Some Comments on R. Ackoffs Concept of Interactive Planning 179
21. 14. On Suicidal Rabbits: A Relativity of Systems 194
22. 15. Personal Computers and the Shifting Control of Information in Corporations 205
23. 16. Democratizing the Corporation: A Stakeholder Perspective 213
24. Section IV: Decision Making and Problem Solving: Purposeful Action Within Systems
25. 17. Inequalities in Decision Theory 221
26. 18. Priorities and Decisions in Hierarchic and Feedback Systems 237
27. 19. Measuring Process Creativity 254
28. 20. Innovation and Optimization 270
29. 21. Is It the Right Problem? 282
30. 22. How Management by Consensus Is Bringing the Kingdom Down 288
31. 23. Innovation in Juvenile Justice 295
32. Section V: Planning for National Development
33. 24. The Elusive Interdisciplinarity of Development Planning 305
34. 25. National Development Planning in Turbulent Times: New Approaches and Criteria for Institutional Design 320
35. 26. Redesigning Western Foreign Policy 354
36. 27. Power in the Design, Management, and Evaluation of Organizations 374
37. 28. Toward Interactive Planning for International Development Projects 393
38. 29. Surutato: An Experience in Rural Participative Planning 407
39. List of Contributors 417
40. Subject Index 419
41. Name Index 428