
Source: Introduction to Systems Philosophy (1972), p. 67.
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Source: Introduction to Systems Philosophy (1972), p. 67.
Cited in: Haluk Demirkan, James C. Spohrer, Vikas Krishna (2011) The Science of Service Systems. p. 274.
1970s, Towards a System of Systems Concepts, 1971
Source: Business Systems Planning and Business Information Control Study: A comparison, 1982, p. 34
Source: 1940s - 1950s, Introduction to Operations Research (1957), p. 7; cited in Werner Ulrich (2004, p. 210)
“There's no great loss without some small gain.”
Source: Little House on the Prairie (1935), Ch. 25; said by Ma, after Pa lost the corn crop to blackbirds but brought home some of the birds for dinner.
Anatol Rapoport, General Systems, Vol. 14, (1969), p. 96; As cited in: Gordon Chen (1980) The General Theory of Systems Applied to Management and Organization, Volume 2, p. 590
1960s
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Source: Learning Strategies and Individual Competence (1972), p. 258.