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(978 unread) Yahoo! Mail, fulkart. Management f-LAWS: the common sins of management by Russell L. Ackoff & Herbert J. Addison. NACUFS Meets Idealized Design. Last week I conducted the Planning Institute for the National Association of College and University Food Service (NACUFS), one of an impressive array of offerings they have for their members. Originally scripted with NACUFS as well as the Society for College & University Planning and conducted in 2007, the workshop uses Russell Ackoff's Idealized Design as a platform for learning about issues in planning. Part of our rationale in choosing this model was based on the assumption that food service operators should be able to quickly grasp the systems analysis with which the process begins. In 2007 we actually struggled with this piece moreso than any others, so a redesign was in store this time around.

Here, we mixed very simple approaches with modest requirements for results, and when this was coupled with the extraordinary work effort that NACUFS members bring to these events the results were incredible. Dubious at first, they all saw their sticky notes transition from chaos to order. Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis...Today (9780131963634): Russell L. Ackoff, Jason… Books and articles by Russell L. Ackoff at Curious Cat Management. Coevolving Innovations | Russell Ackoff, abridged. In Toronto — partially in response to members of the International Society for the Systems Sciences looking for sustainable alternatives to the pattern of annual meetings outside of North America every other year — we’ve started a Systems Sciences Meetup group.

There’s a rich history of people and events in the systems sciences in Toronto, and we’ve been remiss in keeping the momentum going. The purpose of these meetups is to enable conversations amongst like-minded people interested in (continuing to) climb the learning curve on (the) systems science(s). Having a keynote speaker provides a centre around which the conversations can coalesce. In November 2009, Allenna Leonard led the first meetup with a talk on “What are the Systems Sciences”. Given the holiday season, we deferred the next meeting to January. With the announcement of a Memorial Celebration for Russell Ackoff in Philadelphia in February, it seemed natural to prepare a session for those unfamiliar with his life and work.