A Guide to Controlling Your Corporation's Future

About the authors Russell L. Ackoff is Daniel H. Silberberg Professor of Systems Sciences at the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947. Dr. Ackoff is the author or co-author of fifteen other books, along with over 150 articles published in various books and journals. He also performs research for more than 200 corporations and government agencies, and serves as a consultant for a number of major companies. Elsa Vergara Finnel is with the Phoebe Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia. Dr. Finnel has worked on a wide variety of planning and industrial and institutional consulting projects including the Philadelphia Export Network, an effort devoted to the promotion of exports among Philadelphia area firms. She received her Ph.D. from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. Jamshid Gharajedaghi is Director of The Busch Center at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. He has previously worked with the IBM World Trade Corporation and The Industrial Management Institute.