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Model Management, Exchange between Warfield & Ralph Siu
Letters between Warfield and Ralph Siu in regards to Warfield’s open letter that advocated a structural model of the Panetics Society’s goals. Warfield provides an itemized list of criteria for a good model, with short paragraphs on Premature Quantification, Model Structuring, Element Designation, Shared Linguistic Domain, Carefully Selected Relationship Type, Use of ISM, Time Allotment, Preparing a Written Interpretation of Model Structure and Incorporating Quantitative Aspects.
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THE EVOLUTION OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
An unfinished book manuscript that explores the history of Systems Science. Includes pictures of important figures along with small blurbs about their work. It was going to conclude with the current Systems Science interest in behavioral psychology and social problems.
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A Matching Question
Explores how to design an academic curriculum for higher education that actually prepares graduates to be in leadership positions where they can work with the complex issues facing the world. Includes photographs of an Interactive Management Workshop held in Kalamazoo, MI, in August 2007.
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Science as a Vulnerable System
An abstract that lists six concepts as subsystems of Science in the large.
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Form Follows Function Except in Academia
Content in this article draws from chapter three of Warfield’s last book “Generic Design Science.”
A review of Warfield’s An Introduction to Systems Science written by Ray Harrell. Sent as an email and published on Amazon.com
A review of Warfield’s An Introduction to Systems Science written by Scott Staley.
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The John N. Warfield Special Collection
The first page of this document describes the collection of over 100 boxes of Warfield’s papers archived at George Mason University’s Fenwick Library. The remaining pages focus on the Warfield Digital Collection. It highlights the titles Warfield deemed the best and provides Warfield’s own way of categorizing his work.
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Labor Equilibrium in the USA: a Case Study in Waiting
A suggestion of the immigrant labor problem in the United States and how Interactive Management could be used to help.
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Proposal #3: Higher Education
A proposal for a lecture series by John Warfield, made to the University of North Alabama, in Florence, Alabama. Topics of the four proposed talks are 1. Empirical Results from the Behavioral Sciences 1850-2000 2. The Interpretation of Empirical Results as Organizational Flows 3. Educational Contributions to Systemic Confusion 4. The Way Out (Development of an Integrated Learning System).
Contends that higher education should change its focus and introduce systems concepts as a core part of college curriculum.
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Proposal: The Green River Formation: A Case Study in Waiting
A proposal suggesting use of Interactive Management to meet the national challenges posed by the coming large shale oil production from geologic formations in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, (known as the "Green River" formation).
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