R.L. Ackoff

At the tail end of the assignment and putting everything together and tied it hopefully with some sound theory. Its interesting, that at work , if i put a reference to a research paper i probably would have been asked to remove it . Maybe that is the culture at my current work place or a reflection of the sector i work in ? As i start digesting the readings, i found one of the most intersting articles by Ackoff. This article was written in the 1960's and reflects the issues still faced by the industry . Im not sure if this demonstrates how little the industry has progressed or how insightful ackoff was. Might spend today reading up on the guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_L._Ackoff