Quote by Russell Ackoff

The basic managerial idea introduced by systems thinking, is that to manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

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On purposeful systems by Russell L. Ackoff and Fred Emery, 1972.

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