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1916–2005 United States

Kenneth Richmond (Ken) Andrews (May 24, 1916 – September 4, 2005) was an American academic who, along with H. Igor Ansoff and Alfred D.

United States
Academics
Business theorists

Also known as: Kenneth Andrews

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There is no way to divorce the decision determining the most sensible economic strategy from the personal values of those who make the choice.

It is important only to remember that the 'choice of goals and the formulation of policy cannot in any case be separate decisions.

The Functions of the Executive remains today, as it has been since its publication, the most thought-provoking book on organization and management ever written by a practicing executive.

We must acknowledge at this point that there is no way to divorce the decision determining the most sensible economic strategy for a company from the personal values of those who make the choice.

We now move to what they ought to do — from the viewpoint of various leaders and segments of society and their own standards of right and wrong. Ethics, like preference, may be considered a product of values.

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