Four Funerals and a Wedding or How the Grinches Stole Science

Contends that it is time to bury Management Science, Computer Science, Systems Science and Problem-Solving. Argues that they are not worthy of the distinction of being called academic disciplines much less sciences. All four of these can, and should be, replaced with a curriculum developed by Interactive Management methods. See also, “Four Funerals and a Wedding or How the Grinches Stole Science: Presentation” which contains similar arguments but with added materials developed in intervening years.



Warfield wishes to bury Management Science, Computer Science, Systems Science and Problem-Solving, believing they are not worthy of the distinction of being called academic disciplines much less sciences. He feels that all four of these can and should be replaced with a curriculum developed by Interactive Management methods. Warfield has used this title twice, once for this 1997 paper, and later for a TIPP Colloquium lecture given at George Mason University on 1 September 1999. Although the lecture contained some of the ideas from this paper, it also contained additional materials developed in the intervening years, so the two are not really the same.




Additional Info

  • Category: Applications, Education, Interactive Management (IM), Science, Systems Science
  • Size: 45 leaves
  • Description: Spiral bound manuscript with cover.
  • Publication Year: 1998
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