We are delighted to have permission to post here a short profile of Russell L. Ackoff that will appear in late 2008 or early 2009 as part of a book of profiles of major figures in Operations Research. The profile...

In the current issue of ISHN, James E. Leemann, Ph.D. writes: " The safety and occupational health world is a total mess." He defines the "mess", and proposes the systems approach to dissolving the mess, based on the work of...

RISK MANAGEMENT AND DECISION PROCESSES CENTER (Est. 1984) The Ackoff Fellowship Fund enables University of Pennsylvania PhD students interested in decision processes and choice under risk and uncertainty to pursue research in these areas. The fellowships take the form of...