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Comments on John Warfield's Book - A Science of Generic Design
Review submitted as part of George Mason University’s process of reviewing Warfield’s manuscript for potential publication. Reviewer highly recommended publication.
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Comments on Two Future-Related World Issues
Invited talk, presented at the First Interloquium on the Twenty-First Century, Guanajuato, Mexico, 21 March 1994. Includes diagrams displaying results of conference and excepts from Interloquium reports which list participants.
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The Comparison Among the Schools of Science of Complexity
Systematic analysis and comparison of the five schools of complexity. The developed and applied foregrounds of the schools are then prospected. See also, “An Effective Approach to Manage Complexity of Organizations: The Structure-Based Science of Complexity.”
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Comparison Works of Sage and Kawamura
Correspondence that includes comparison between K. Kawamura and A.P. Sage.
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Complementary Relations & Map Reading, Complete Inference Systems
Accopress binder with an abstract, handwritten notes, formulas, graphs and a copy of the 1980 paper “Complementary Relations and Map Reading.”
Presents new insights into necessary conditions for groups to arrive at cognitive equilibrium in relation to complex issues. Three "Laws" relating to conduct and understanding of group work are postulated: the “Law of Inherent Conflict,” the “Law of Structural Underconceptualization” and the “Law of Uncorrelated Extremes.”
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Complexity and Drummers
A Manual for a five day short course entitled Topics in Public Policy: Complexity and Drummers given at George Mason University in The Institute of Public Policy (TIPP) with assistance of A. R. Cardenas and S.M. Staley, on 5-9 June 1995 (Course No. PUBP 833-401). Nearly all of this material has been incorporated into Warfield’s book Work Program of Complexity.
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Complexity and Higher Education
Discusses the nature of complexity in higher education. Presented at George Washington University, University Club, 16 August 1995.
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Complexity Implications
Transcription of a lecture on the implications of complexity presented at the Program on Peacekeeping Policy Workshop on Religious Considerations of Peace Operations (RCPO), 27-28 April 1999 at Old Law School Building, George Mason University, Arlington, VA.
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Complexity in Organizations
Paper that discusses complexity in organizations. Presented to NASA Systems Engineering Short Course, Wallops Island, VA, 5 February 1997.
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The Complexity Learning Sequence, Key Propositions: A User's Guide to Patterns and Behavior
A summary of larger manual entitled “Patterns and Behavior.” Lists a "minimum set of key propositions" basic to working with complexity. Provides for each "proposition" an identification of its basic concepts and a table of pertinent references for further study. The "propositions" are: Language, Structure, Thought, Science, Applications of Science, Organizations, Modeling and Process. Provided to attendees at short course taught at the Johnson Center, GMU, 12-16 January 1998.
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Complexity Management in Policy Design
Presentation given at AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science [MISSING LINK]) 1200 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C., 13 May 1997. Includes transparencies used, statistical analysis of AAS group by training and government assignment during their fellowship, a pop quiz and a list of collected cells. See also, "Readings for Bureaucrats," which Warfield produced for this talk and provided as a handout.
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