Editing Systemantics (section)

== Reception ==
''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'' stated in 1978 that the author "clearly set out to write another Peter Principle".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Harris |first=Marlys |date=January 1978 |title=Why Things Don't Work: Three books on systems |magazine=[[Money (magazine)|Money]] |volume=7 |issue=1}}</ref> A 1977 review in ''[[Etc: A Review of General Semantics]]'' states that the book's aim is unclear, commenting, "As a put-down of institutional practices it works well, as good as anything in print", but "As a slam at systems theory the book is less successful, even ambiguous."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Quinby |first=David L. |date=December 1977 |title=Review: General Sematics and General Systems: An Irreverent View |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42575291 |journal=[[Etc: A Review of General Semantics]] |volume=34 |issue=4 |jstor=42575291 }}</ref> A ''[[Library Journal]]'' review from 1977 comments, "Like some of its predecessors, the book pretends to rebuke people for their manifold stupidities, but is, in fact, an invitation to take pleasure in them. That's not a failing, just a fact. Recommended."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=A. J. |date=1977-05-01 |title=Humor: Gall, John. Systemantics: How systems work and especially how they fail |url= |journal=[[Library Journal]] |volume=102 |issue=9 |pages=1018 |via=EBSCO}}</ref> A 2004 review in the [[American Society of Safety Professionals]]' ''Professional Safety'' says, "It is at once deadly serious with all the outrageous contrived irony of [[Gary Larson]]'s '[[Far Side]]' cartoons" and that "the book is one continuous insight after another."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Metzgar |first=Carl R. |date=October 2004 |title=Writing Worth Reading: Review: The Systems Bible |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45453930 |journal=Professional Safety |publisher=[[American Society of Safety Professionals]] |volume=49 |issue=10 |pages=20, 72 |jstor=45453930 }}</ref> ''[[PCMag]]'' called the book "small but insightful".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of Systemantics |url=https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/systemantics |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=[[PCMag]]}}</ref>