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Discussion of ways to measure complexity using Nominal Group Technique and Interpretive Structural Management (ISM) to gather data that will then be calculated. The Miller Index can then measure the extent of the problem perceived and the Spreadthink Index can measure differences in opinion within a group. Additionally, the De Morgan Index can provide a measurement of the degree of paired relationships among the problems and the Aristotle index can measure the density of logic…
A partial listing and categorization of digital components from the John N. Warfield Digital Collection at the Fenwick Library, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 8 February 2009. Gathered by Warfield. Category terms come from library staff at GMU.
Information relating to the application for a patent. Filed 8 August 1966 by Patent Lawyers Hovey, Schmidt, Johnson & Hovey, Federal Reserve Bank Bldg., Kansas City, Missouri 64106 on behalf of Warfield. Includes nine typed pages, seven unnumbered pages on which are listed 18 numbered "claims" identifying the parts of the invention, one figure pages, and a copy of a two-page document in which Warfield signed over patent rights to Wilcox Electric Co. Patent was…
The ideas in this paper are an outgrowth of Warfield's work for the Environmental Education project between 1976-1978. See also, "Systems Planning for Environmental Education." File includes correspondence related to possible publication.
A series of Workshops presented at three locations in India (Pune, Bombay, and Bangalore), in December 1979. Done in collaboration with Dr. Robert W. House, of Vanderbilt University and Dr. P.N. Murthy, of ITT, Kanpur, India. These workshops, were sponsored by the Indian IEEE and also by two Indian corporations: TATA and Kirloskar.
A one page summary of talk presented before the Executive Advisory Council of the School of Business, University of Northern Iowa, 14 November 1980, Cedar Falls, IA.
Presented Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, 3-8 January 1988.
A concise outline of various useful methodologies for conducting productive meetings in which group decisions are made. This was one of the reports from Academy of Contemporary Problems, in Columbus, Ohio
Materials to accompany “Metrics of Complexity,” which was planned by Warfield to be Number 5 of an overall series of 14 videotapes to be called "Managing the Unmanageable.” A video of lecture is available. See also, "Metrics for Measuring Complexity."
First drafts of transparencies and production notes to accompany "Managing the Unmanageable" lecture Number 1. Planned for presentation in Mexico in Spring semester, 2000, but cancelled, the lecture “Process Leadership in Organizations” was instead made into the first videotape of an overall series of 14 lectures, 9 of which were filmed. See this lecture on video or see the slides for this lecture. See also MTU2000, The Video Lectures.
A proposal for a "Concise Documentation of the History of Thought" was never presented to GMU administration, simply an idea with beginning outlines in this paper, whereby Warfield would head up a lecture series inviting contributions from GMU faculty. Topics or headings within the proposal for typical lectures are displayed with a few titles of papers by Warfield as starting points.
An article submitted for publication to the Newsletter for Association for Integrative Studies in May 1997. References made to work of Peirce and Hayek
Two tables or lists, labelled Mistakes of Commission and Mistakes of Commission, with an explanatory paragraph which reads: "Here are some of the most common types of mistakes that are made in systems work. The 'Mistakes of Commission" are things people do that they ought not to do. The "Mistakes of Omission" are things people ought to do that they do not do.”
Possibly the beginning of a glossary list which was never finished, or perhaps finished under another title.
The concepts of “content,” “context” and “process” are applied to the development of a criteria-based model for academic disciplines in higher education. The basic elements of fundamentals which became Warfield`s Domain of Science model are all found in this paper. Notes that C. S. Peirce is an intellectual source for Warfield's work. Presented at 1984 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9-12 October 1984.
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Because management is not just an organization chart but rather a dynamic interaction throughout a hierarchy, the overview of an entire organization can be difficult, but the technique presented here can produce a true management representation in a very limited space. This is a highly technical paper, using mathematics of set theory to identify elements, structures, patterns and the relations between them, as they might occur in management situations.
Deals with properties of modulated electronic signals and how to measure them. A tutorial.
A satirical article that includes an identification and description of four new types of chronological record: 1) The Scientific Subcalendar keyed to the 72-year average human life expectancy, 2)The Political Subcalendar, keyed to the 4-year presidential term 3) The Technology Subcalendar, keyed to actual calendar years, and 4) The Managerial Subcalendar, keyed to the 3-month horizon of managerial vision
Warfield prepared this document as an email attachment to correspondence when his papers were being considered for archiving by various libraries. It gives information on the size, content and extent of his academic papers collection, and describes the extent to which the papers are already inventoried or cataloged. There are 12 appendices describing the various types of material in his collection: Papers by Other Authors (The "Comparison" Papers), Interactive Management (IM) Reports, Professional Correspondence, Teaching…
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