Tagarchief: Management

SF x MF x IP = R

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Jack Kruf and Hans Redert | January 2019

Based on interviews with directors and managers in the public domain, we have developed the following ‘simple’ formula to determine the likelihood of governance outcomes. The formula is developed from our position and role as city manager in the public domain of the province, region, city, village, district, neighbourhood, or street.

SF x MF x IP = R

At the start, of course, there is always a preliminary Issue to be resolved. After all, otherwise, there is nothing to govern. In the highly politically driven landscape of the public domain, examples of issues can be found in the daily headlines of papers and magazines. We do not elaborate on this, but we faced many issues in our interviews where the formula was ‘launching’ itself.

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Systems Thinking for Curious Managers

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With 40 new Management f-LAWS 

Russell L. Ackoff | 2009

This gem of a book introduces the extraordinary world of systems thinking and its ‘Dean’, Russell L. Ackoff, to curious and enquiring managers, teachers, business people – anyone, anywhere who works in an organisation.

Finished just before Professor Ackoff’s death late in 2009, “Systems Thinking for Curious Managers” opens the door to a joined-up way of thinking about things that have profoundly influenced thinkers and doers in the fields of business, politics, economics, biology, and psychology.

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