Four Books on Complexity: Summaries. [A Bibliography]

Discussion of interrelations and abstracts for four of Warfield’s books. They are Societal Systems: Planning, Policy and Complexity (1976), A Science of Generic Design, 2 ed. (1994), A Handbook of Interactive Management (1994) and “The Work Program of Complexity: From Origins to Outcomes” (1995). “The Work Program of Complexity” was a manuscript and later published as Understanding Complexity (2002). The annotations are displayed in an easy-to-follow table format, which shows a separate column for each chapter in each book, giving: Chapter title, Primary questions raised, and Abstract of chapter.



This report opens with a short description of interrelations among the four books,. The four books covered are: 1976 SOCIETAL SYSTEMS: Planning, Policy and Complexity 1994 A SCIENCE OF GENERIC DESIGN (2nd ed.) 1994 A HANDBOOK OF INTERACTIVE MANAGEMENT 1995 THE WORK PROGRAM OF COMPLEXITY: From Origins to Outcomes. Then chapter by chapter annotations are given for each of the four books. The annotations are displayed in an easy-to-follow table format, which shows a separate column for each chapter in each book, giving: Chapter title, Primary questions raised, and Abstract of chapter. NOTE: The 1995 book was actually a book manuscript, which was published, eventually under the title "Understanding Complexity" in 2002.




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  • Category: Bibliographies/Indexes, Professional History, Research History
  • Size: 18 P.
  • Description: Proceedings paper
  • Publication Year: 1996
  • Publication Month: 09
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