These three pages were printed and distributed as a handout at the talk titled “Interdisciplinary Domains and Complexity, 5 schools of Thought.” Presented in Ypsilanti, Michigan at the October 1996 AIS Annual Conference. Ten basic ideas for change are listed. Bibliographic references are included for each of the authors mentioned. Ten basic ideas for change are listed. Bibliographic references are included for each of the authors mentioned: 1. Foucault’s Conclusions, 2. Lasswell's Infrastructure Conclusions, 3. Peirce's Insights, 4. Harary's Mathematics, 5. Warfield's Interpretive Structural Modeling Process, 6. The Generic Design Science and Interactive Management, 7. The Infrastructure for Knowledge Development, 8. The Spreadthink Discovery, 9. Indexes of Complexity, 10. The Boulding Explanation for Low Intellectual Productivity. A similar version of this paper, with the title “Basic Propositions for Change in Organizations” appears on pages 11-13 of a 17 September 1996 presentation package prepared for NASA seminar in Williamsburg, Virginia.
