Ackoff's Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy

Ackoff's Fables: Irreverent Reflections on Business and Bureaucracy by Ackoff, Russell L.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780471531944.

``Nothing is as obstructive to satisfaction of human needs and desires, let alone human progress, as bureaucracies. So goes Russell Ackoffs 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. Youll laugh at these war stories, but more importantly, youll learn how to maximize your own personal development or that of your company by beating obstructive systems.