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This is an article ABOUT John’s work, not written by him, however, I hope to expand links to the other articles in Charles Francois’ encyclopedia which have strong connections to Warfield, they are in the footnote of this Problem Set article: I need to do a search in the Encyclopedia for 1) Group technique, Nominal, 2) Groupthink, and 3) Design (Generic). R.w. 10/08/2015. (I don’t have time to do this research now, but hope to…
This is a group of PowerPoint slides created in 2000 or earlier for use with a videotaped lecture series titled MTU2000, The Video Lectures. The slides are now digitized as PowerPoints on Rose's Dell computer. There are no paper copies.
Warfield’s review of Jay W. Forrester, World Dynamics, ( Cambridge: Wright Allen Press, 1971)
Ray Fitz’s review of John N. Warfield, Societal Systems, (New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1976)
Warfield surveys the left overs.
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In this one-page table, articles from about a dozen authors listed in a 3-column table demonstrate the influence and control of behavioral factors in human decision making, often not for the better.
Warfield gives a definition of complexity which he has drawn from Peirce's famous essay How to Make Our Ideas Clear: "Complexity is that sensation experienced in the human mind when, in observing or considering a system, frustration arises from lack of comprehension of what is being explored."
Videotaped sessions from an Interactive Management Workshop conducted at Defense Systems Management College (DSMC), Ft. Belvoir, VA held 17-21 June 1991, with a follow-up 28 June 1991 interview with Warfield. The IM workshop dealt with the management of purchases by the U. S. Department of Defense. ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS: a Ph.D. dissertation titled Redesigning the United States Defense Acquisition System. which is in George Mason University Library, shelved in Special Collections, Fenwick Library. Full descriptions of…
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Four hours of a demonstration of an Interactive Management session. The first of two Congressional committee hearings on tribal issues, involving the use of IM.
A presentation and discussion about Interactive Management presented to an entrepreneur from New York who was planning to invest in a start-up company headed by Alexander Christakis. See also, "American Institute for Interactive Management (AIIM) Planning Session Transcript”
A set of two interviews of Alexander Christakis conducted by Benjamin Broome. Christakis discusses Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and the purpose of the George Mason Center for Interactive Management.
The first of Professor Benjamin Broome’s class session in which students practiced the Nominal Group Technique. For the other classes, see “Communication 531: Nominal Group Technique Session, February, 22 1988” and “Communication 531: Nominal Group Technique Session, March 21 1988.”
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