Russell L. Ackoff Quote

Analysis of a system reveals its structure and how it works. It provides the knowledge required to make it work efficiently and to repair it when it stops working. Its product is know-how, knowledge, not understanding. To enable a system to perform effectively we must understand it—we must be able to explain its behavior—and this requires being aware of its functions in the larger systems of which it is a part.


p. 12. - Re-Creating the Corporation (1999)


Analysis of a system reveals its structure and how it works. It provides the knowledge required to make it work efficiently and to repair it when it...

Analysis of a system reveals its structure and how it works. It provides the knowledge required to make it work efficiently and to repair it when it...

Analysis of a system reveals its structure and how it works. It provides the knowledge required to make it work efficiently and to repair it when it...

Analysis of a system reveals its structure and how it works. It provides the knowledge required to make it work efficiently and to repair it when it...