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A graphic flow chart displaying the 13 categories as an interrelated seven-level structure. It is intended to represent the field of Systems Science and its tools for dealing with complexity. For further details, see “The Complexicon: Transforming Complexity into Understanding (A Seven-Level Structure with Notes)” and “Managing the Unmanageable PowerPoint Presentations.”
Contends that higher education has been too focused on developing individuals with a talent for critical thinking, i.e., analysis and has ignored the opposite component of the paired human learning trait; i.e., synthesis or design. Urges a more balanced approach. To view the full copyrighted abstract written in Warfield's own words please use https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262234219_The_Asymmetric_Learning_Trait.
Published in 2006 at China University of Mining & Technology (CUMT) in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, 221008, P. R. China. This translation was done by students and associates of Dean of Business School Dr. Xuefeng Song. Xuefeng in the year 1999-2000 was a visiting scholar at George Mason University, where he studied under John Warfield.
Discussion of the seven major shortcoming of economics: Linguistic Escalation, Blurred Distinctions, Mathematical Myopia, Absent Graphics, Hermit Mentality and Incompatible Variety. Designed to serve as a companion piece to "Creating an Interactive Systems Science Program in Higher Education."
An inventory of the Warfield Digital Collection separating the 119 items into 12 categories: Course materials, Image, Interview, Letter, News item, Notes, Paper, Patent, Photo, Presentation, Proposal, Report, Video.
Argues that colleges and universities should draw from systems research to improve the design education of future political leaders.
Discussion of different types of problematiques which are created using the Nominal Group Technique and Interpretive Structural Modeling. The problematique is a graphical portrayal of a specific aspect of complexity and is a useful alternative to prose when dealing with complex problems. This is a slightly edited version of a paper titled "Discovery and Complexity: A Small Anthology of Problematiques with Interpretations."
Contends that applying the Work Program of Complexity to develop a problematique can assist high-level managers make better and more informed decisions when faced with complex problems. Provides examples to support claim.
Exploration of different enlightenment strategies. Beginning axiomatic origins from Kant and Peirce, six strategies are identified, along with one of their particular exponents. They are: Comte’s positivism, Le Moigne’s constructivism, Rabinow’s “return to founders”, Rabinow’s “absorb and surpass”, von Glasersfeld’s “radical constructivism” and Foucalt’s “coherent inquiry.” After discussing the shortcomings of these strategies, concludes with Foucault’s thought as connected to structural modeling, argued to be the pinnacle of enlightenment strategies.
Explains the differences between multicasual and unicasual events and underscores the need to treat the two differently. To view the full copyrighted abstract written in Warfield's own words please use http://ebot.gmu.edu/handle/1920/3394.
Descriptions and photographs of Interactive Management Workshop for Hydraulic Systems Division at Parker-Hannifin in 2007.
Discussion of the role of human fallibility in quality control in systems design, which is often overlooked as a factor. The Six-Sigma method, for instance, is the standard approach to quality control but overlooks human fallibility. The Work Program of Complexity, in contrast, recognizes the human dimension and is therefore a superior method.
Abstract for the paper “Organizations and Systems Learning.”
Credits the work of early philosophers and modern day system thinkers for the growth of the basic ideas of systems, such as Relationships, Observers, Complexity, Language and Reasoning. Warfield's work as a current development is described briefly, with references for the reader to pursue in internet sources.
A proposal for a research grant entitled “Congressional Research Award” to fund a project that would compare Interactive Management methods with the processes utilized by think tanks.
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A summary list of Warfield's correspondences with about 80 different persons and/or institutions between 2001 and March 2009, along with his brief annotation for each item.
In this email sent to GMU Special Collections staff, Warfield attached a letter he had written on Feb 17, 2009 to Harvard University President Drew Faust. The letter has the same tone as some of Warfield’s My Crusades letters.
Analysis of the problems with the current approach to higher education and an overview of the Interactive Management work program in relation to higher education.
A list of the titles of 77 reports Warfield wrote over a period of twenty years.
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