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OR is the securing of improvement in social systems by means of scientific method

— C. West Churchman

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The systems approach goes on to discovering that every world-view is terribly restricted.

C. West Churchman (1970)

A systems approach begins when first you see the world through the eyes of another.

The Systems Approach (1968)

If the story of my early years with Russ sound like they were years of battle, then the sound is correct.

The problem of systems improvement is the problem of the 'ethics of the whole system'.

The Systems Approach (1968)

Enemies are hostile, out to stop you, to eliminate you and your ideas; they are also to be loved, even as yourself.

The Systems Approach and Its Enemies (1979)

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