Find out the uncomfortable truths about how organizations really work, what's wrong with the way we design and manage businesses, what makes managers tick... and how we can make things work better.
The brainchild of business guru and systems thinker, Russell Ackoff, Management f-LAWS skewer many of the behaviours and practices taken for granted in today's organizations.
What are f-LAWS?
f-LAWS (or flaws) are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore - simple and more reliable guides to managers' everyday behaviour than the complex truths proposed by scientists, economists, sociologists, politicians and philosophers.
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A sample f-LAW
'The less important an issue is, the more time managers spend discussing it..'
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Hear Russell Ackoff talk about f-LAWS
There are two rare opportunities for UK readers to hear Professor Ackoff and his co-author, Sally Bibb, in conversation about Systems Thinking, Idealised Design and f-LAWS.
Read about the events here
What people are saying about f-LAWS
"A life-time of thinking about management and experiencing its arcane rituals is summarized in [these] f-LAWS, making for very entertaining reading. But make no mistake: this is a fun way of going about serious work. Each of the laws hits hard on common sins of management, and should be taken by the reader very personally as a stimulus to think 'out of the box' about what really matters."
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f-LAWS are being talked about on these websites and blogs:
The Age, Melbourne
The Observer
Daily Telegraph
BBC News |
BBC News (Part 2)
Management Today
Hull University Business School
The Ackoff Center
Why your boss is programmed to be a dictator
Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog
Business Pundit
Self-Employed Worker
National School of Government - Big Learning
Public Servant Lifestyle
Monash Business Intelligence Blog
Grockit
Enterprise Thinking Network
Theory of Inventive Problem Solving
Fluor
Read A Little Book of f-LAWS
A Little Book of f-LAWS features 13 common sins of management.
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