TY - JOUR
AU - LINSTONE, HAROLD A.
AB - 170 BOOK REVIEWS of distorting the reader's image of the ccnccptud REDESIGNING THE FWTURE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS, by power and generality of [he systems theory approach. This problem manifests ihlf in n Russel A. Ackoff. John Wiley, New York, 1974. number of ways. Thc probkm of developing mathe- matical representations of real world systems-the In one ddc Jay Forrester has moved from industrial dynamics to "World Dynamics", Erich problem of modelling--which is a necessary pre- Jantsch expanded from technological fomting to requisite to system andysis, is al!ottcd one section "Dtsign for Evolution", and Russell Ackoff has of a chapter. In this section, the classiml state space fornutations of Newtonian mechanics and eltcthical lcaptd from improving management systems to circuits art developed in exampIts and cxcrcises. "Redtsigning the Future". The tit!~ art rtmark- Applicabibty of systems theory to such artas as able in thcmselvts, suggesting either the self- business and sociology is advertised, but no txamplts confidtnct of the C.9ds or ht conceit of systems scientists. The perceptive lay der-the book is of their system rhcoretic formulatiori or application are given nor even reference given to appropriate meant for a gtnem1 audience-might well brne convinced that the 
TI - A Review of: “REDESIGNING THE FUTURE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO SOCIETAL PROBLEMS”, by Russel A. Ackoff. John Wiley, New York, 1974.
JF - International Journal of General Systems
DO - 10.1080/03081077508960859
DA - 1975-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/a-review-of-redesigning-the-future-a-systems-approach-to-societal-bpq9WaoZam
SP - 170
EP - 171
VL - 2
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -