Dear Colleagues from Research Gate:
Probably most of you know an author in systems thinking and management who´s name is "Russell L. Ackoff", he wrote many books about systems thinking and operational research. The last ones of them had many examples of how burocracies and somehow organizations helped create problems that had to be solved afterwards. Just to name one: "The Art of Problem Solving: Accompanied by Ackoff's Fables".
Unfortunately, many of this excepcional readings are from the 80´s or 90´s. The question is: ¿does anyone know of similar readings but more modern (let´s say Y2K on?. And linked to this: what books about problem solving in management would you recommend me and why?
Thank you very much
Regards
Gustavo Concari
Here are some References:
Haines, S. G. (1998). The manager’s pocket guide to systems thinking & learning. Amherst, MA: HRD Press.
Jackson, M. C. (2003). Systems thinking: Creative holism for managers. Chichester: Wiley
Senge, P. M. (2006). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New York: Doubleday.
They are listed in my Book chapter as suggested reading to understand more about systems thinking ,
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-43620-9_28
Hopefully, this will help!
Dear Mr. Alzahawi:
Could you answer in english?
Thanks
Gustavo Concari
Currently I am reading "Messy" by Tim Harford, from 2016. It is, as always with this authour, well researched and well founded. The topic is more general than just management, but highly relevant for it. He writes for a layman audience, but this does not make it low level, quite the contrary. It is clever and deep, but easy to read and also very entertaining. I would say it is a very important book and so much could be done better if management had Tim Harfords insight.
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