Synopses & Reviews
``Nothing is as obstructive to satisfaction of human needs and desires, let alone human progress, as bureaucracies. So goes Russell Ackoff's philosophy on human development. While relating wry observations made during a long career promoting human development, Ackoff demonstrates how most systems created to foster development actually prevent or retard it. You'll laugh at these war stories, but more importantly, you'll learn how to maximize your own personal development or that of your company by beating obstructive systems.
Table of Contents
Beating the System: Notes from an Antibureaucrat.
Rubbish Heaps Grow, but They Don't Develop: Understanding the Differences Between Growth and Development.
Never Let Your Schooling Interfere with Your Education: Becoming an Antibureaucrat.
A Great Many People Think They Are Thinking When They Are Merely Rearranging Their Prejudices: The Costs of Discrimination.
Wisdom Is the Power to Put Our Time and Our Knowledge to the Proper Use: People, Practice and Professions.
Ask for Anything You Like Except Time: Culture, Language, and Customs.
Notes.
Bibliography.