On Purposeful Systems by Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff
On Purposeful Systems

Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff

On Purposeful Systems

Fred E. Emery, Russell L. Ackoff

288 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

informative slow-paced
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On Purposeful Systems provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavior—as a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends ...

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