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On Purposeful Systems provides an innovative foundation for looking at human and social behavioras a system of purposeful (teleological) events. It uses a systems theoretical approach for the study of these phenomena, and illustrates and extends general systems theory. What makes this book magical is that Ackoff provides operational definitions for many ill-defined words and conceptsfrom defining knowledge and understanding to providing definitions of feelings/emotions.... (T)his book represents a (paradigm) shift that has yet to be appreciated, thirty years later.W. Curtiss Priest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Social, group or collective psychology

• Full title: On Purposeful Systems
• Author: Fred E. Emery
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 306
• EAN: 9780202307985
• ISBN: 9780202307985
• ID: 07181699
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Weight: 466 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 159 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. January 2005

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