In the mechanical age it was believed the universe was understood and everything could by analysed by inquiry. Russell Ackoff (1993) describes it as a tree step process

Ackoff, R., (1993). From Mechanistic to Social Systemic Thinking. April 2001. [on-line] http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz/depts/mnss/courses/emba/ackoff/tsld001.htm

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