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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. He was a strong advocate of the need for systems approaches to take full account of the complexity of inter-related problems and not simply to present glib technical solutions.
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Ramage, M., Shipp, K. (2020). Russell Ackoff. In: Systems Thinkers. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7475-2_14
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