Russel Ackoff

Name: Russel Lincoln Ackoff

Born: February 12, 1919, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Death: October 29, 2009 (Age: 90)

Computer-related contributions

• American organizational theorist and consultant.
• Pioneer in the field of operations research, systems thinking and management science.

Significant publications

• Idealized Design: How to Dissolve Tomorrow's Crisis Today (2006).
• Redesigning Society (2003).
• A Theory of a System for Educators and Managers (2000).
• Re-Creating the Corporation: a design of organizations for the 21st century (1999).