# Beating the System

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- Book: [Beating the System](https://www.bookquiver.com/russell-l-ackoff/beating-the-system) ([Beating the System.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/russell-l-ackoff/beating-the-system.md))
- Authors: [Russell L. Ackoff](https://www.bookquiver.com/russell-l-ackoff), [Sheldon Rovin](https://www.bookquiver.com/sheldon-rovin)
- Publisher: berrett_koehler_publishers
- ISBN: 978-15-7675-330-9
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2005-06-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When was the last time you dealt with a bureaucracy—the phone company, an airline, a hospital, school, or government agency—and got what you wanted without weaving through a maze of infuriating...