Creating common ground: A lesson from the past
Journal of Business Ethics · 1995 · Volume 14 · Issue 1
Abstract
Orthodox business ethics, conventional management theory, and a great deal of higher education embody the overriding emphasis accorded to “analysis” by yesteryear's science. An alternative strategy, exemplified by the war stories told by a Confederate Genral, is more consistent with late 20th century science in general and soft systems methodology in particular.The characteristic way of management that we have taught... is to take a complex system, divide it into parts, and then try to manage each part as well as possible. And if that's done, the system as a whole will behave well, and that's absolutely false because it's possible to improve the performance of each part taken separately and destroy the system at the same time.Russell Ackoff
Keywords
High Education, Economic Growth, Complex System, 20th Century, Business Ethic
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