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  2. Russell Lincoln Ackoff (February 12, 1919 – October 29, 2009) was an American organizational theorist, consultant, and Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

  3. Russell L. Ackoff is chairman of the board of INTERACT, the Institute for Interactive Management. INTERACT focuses on the development and practice of Interactive Design, first introduced by Ackoff in 1974 in his book Redesigning the Future.

  4. Nov 17, 2009 · Last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice.

  5. given by Russell Ackoff in March at Villanova Univer-sity. Dr. Ackoff spoke at a confer-ence honoring his lifetime of work in systems theory and practice—and celebrating his 80th birth-day. In the address below, he reflects on what he has enjoyed most about being a lifelong systems thinker. This article is reprinted by permission of Plenum Press.

  6. Jun 11, 2024 · Russell Ackoff transformed our understanding of complex problems in systems thinking, significantly impacting both academia and practical applications. Russell Ackoffs contributions include the concept of ‘mess,’ which refers to interconnected sets of organizational problems.

  7. Oct 29, 2009 · February 12, 1919 – October 29, 2009. Brief Biography. Russell Ackoff was an important early proponent of the field of operations research, and remained a tireless advocate for an expansive vision of what the field could be. Ackoff was raised in Philadelphia during the Great Depression.

  8. Sep 1, 2002 · Russell L. Ackoff is one of the pioneers in management education. With an undergraduate degree in architecture and a PhD in philosophy, Ackoff is one of the founders of operations research and systems thinking, linking science and business.

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