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This text is oriented toward human organizations since this has been the emphasis in the practice of O.R. in business and industry.

— C. West Churchman Introduction to Operations Research (1957)

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

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

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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'.

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

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