An attack on the indiscriminate and careless labeling of academic disciplines which has resulted in the obfuscation of the academic definition of "science." He defines a "trusel" as an idea or a finding that is widely perceived to be true, but which is largely useless, or even harmful. A "Magnificent Academic Trusel" is one that has been widely acknowledged for its intellectual content (explicitly or implicitly), but without a corresponding amount of attention being given…

Discussion of how to manage a hypothetical research program designed to develop an analysis of the future of urban settlements. Comments on the need for this type of program and the ideal management structure.

Lecture notes from talk given at Systems Engineering Seminar, University of Virginia, 28 November 1979.

The Sourcebook is a 6-volume Project Report, written for a large environmental education contract directed by John N. Warfield. The project was headquartered at the University of Virginia, with five other institutions as subcontractors (Battelle Memorial Institute, The Far West Laboratory, and the Universities of Dayton, Illinois, and Northern Iowa). The full title is “A Sourcebook for the Design of a Regional Environmental Learning System Volumes I to VI [Project title: Development of an Interpretive…

Acting as “outside reviewer” these are Warfield’s comments on a thesis (dissertation would be word used in U.S.) written by Russell Achterberg, doctoral candidate in Systems Engineering at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Unfinished paper that discusses group decision making and how to analyze and use the processes involved. Includes option field figures.

A summary of the concept of “Spreadthink.”

Presented at IEEE Mid-America Electronics Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, 18-19 November 1965. It is shown that usable design information for high-frequency transistor mixers can be based on Bessel function relations" derived from the static transfer characteristic for several transistor types suitable for HF mixer design. Experimental results are given for measurable mixer products and compared with the values predicted analytically. (summary quote from the article).

Unfinished paper that sought to provide a lay audience with a way to approach complex issues in society. Includes outline of themes he planned to discuss.

Document missing. It provides results of a telephone survey, whereby the author contacted all locations where there was reason to suspect that ISM software might be installed. A primary aim was to determine what kind of computer the software was installed in, since new installations might benefit by using software that had already been converted to a particular machine type. A secondary aim was to determine whether the software was the Battelle version or the…

Although written specifically for Saudi Arabia, the manuscript is designed to apply in any group problem solving situation. It contains the entire process of Interactive Management, in a simple basic outline. Prepared for use as a part of the Final Report to the Saudis being produced by JWK International of Annandale, Virginia.

A description of Interactive Management in Mexico in 1994, in a conference organized by the ITESM Center for Strategic Studies (CSS), Campus Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.