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Written while in retirement, this document recounts some of Warfield’s frustrating experiences in his teaching and professional career. In each instance, Warfield believed a better system of administration would have significantly helped.



A peer review Warfield wrote of an article submitted to Systems Research & Behavioral Science.



Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Spaces of Discourse

A suggestion on how to improve bibliographic search and academic, scientific and political knowledge by identifying context in such a manner as to establish continuity with historical contributions.



Warfield’s preface to Interactive Management and Citizen Governance written by Professor Ming-Shen Wang of the National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan. Includes scanned copy of letter from Professor Ming-Shen Wang requesting Warfield to write the preface.



Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

MY CRUSADES

A folder on Warfield’s last computer that contained his correspondence during the last years. The majority of it consisted of his continued effort to spread his work. See also, "Elucidation" which is an itemized list of the letters along with a brief description for each.



A concise summary of Warfield’s views on higher education and how Interactive Management can be used to make the university more efficient. Includes overview of his concept of a “Horizons College” and links to multiple articles in the Warfield Digital Collection. The paper was written in response to a letter from Alan Merten requesting that Warfield participate in an interview regarding strategic planning for the future of George Mason University. The paper was sent to Kathleen Kehoe, Director of Development for university Libraries and Information Technology at George Mason, to read before the scheduled interview.



A proposal suggesting use of Interactive Management to meet the national challenges posed by the coming large shale oil production from geologic formations in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, (known as the "Green River" formation).



Contends that higher education should change its focus and introduce systems concepts as a core part of college curriculum.



Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Proposal #3: Higher Education

A proposal for a lecture series by John Warfield, made to the University of North Alabama, in Florence, Alabama. Topics of the four proposed talks are 1. Empirical Results from the Behavioral Sciences 1850-2000 2. The Interpretation of Empirical Results as Organizational Flows 3. Educational Contributions to Systemic Confusion 4. The Way Out (Development of an Integrated Learning System).



A suggestion of the immigrant labor problem in the United States and how Interactive Management could be used to help.