On Purposeful Systems
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On Purposeful Systems by Ackoff, Russell; Emery, Fred is a general-interest book whose subject is easy to identify. This edition is listed as 2005 • Aldine Transaction • 303 pages.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780202307985
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