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The John N. Warfield Special Collection
The first page of this document describes the collection of over 100 boxes of Warfield’s papers archived at George Mason University’s Fenwick Library. The remaining pages focus on the Warfield Digital Collection. It highlights the titles Warfield deemed the best and provides Warfield’s own way of categorizing his work.
Book Review: An Introduction to Systems Science, by Warfield (Review by Staley)
A review of Warfield’s An Introduction to Systems Science written by Scott Staley.
Book Review: An Introduction to Systems Science, by Warfield ( Review by Harrell)
A review of Warfield’s An Introduction to Systems Science written by Ray Harrell. Sent as an email and published on Amazon.com
Form Follows Function Except in Academia
Content in this article draws from chapter three of Warfield’s last book “Generic Design Science.”
Science as a Vulnerable System
An abstract that lists six concepts as subsystems of Science in the large.
A Matching Question
Explores how to design an academic curriculum for higher education that actually prepares graduates to be in leadership positions where they can work with the complex issues facing the world. Includes photographs of an Interactive Management Workshop held in Kalamazoo, MI, in August 2007.
THE EVOLUTION OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
An unfinished book manuscript that explores the history of Systems Science. Includes pictures of important figures along with small blurbs about their work. It was going to conclude with the current Systems Science interest in behavioral psychology and social problems.
Model Management, Exchange between Warfield & Ralph Siu
Letters between Warfield and Ralph Siu in regards to Warfield’s open letter that advocated a structural model of the Panetics Society’s goals. Warfield provides an itemized list of criteria for a good model, with short paragraphs on Premature Quantification, Model Structuring, Element Designation, Shared Linguistic Domain, Carefully Selected Relationship Type, Use of ISM, Time Allotment, Preparing a Written Interpretation of Model Structure and Incorporating Quantitative Aspects.
Stalking the Killer Assumptions
This is a document used as a preface/opening transparency for the paper "Demands of Complexity Meet the Killer Assumptions, July 1998." See also, “Demands of Complexity Meet the Killer Assumptions: Transparencies” and “Demands of Complexity Meet the Killer Assumptions Presented October 1, 1998.”
Applications of Interactive Management; Case 2
This is part 2 of the Report titled "Four Case Studies: Applications of Interactive Management." It is actually a reprint of a paper titled "Demands of Complexity on Higher Education." See also, “Applications of Interactive Management; Case 1” and “Applications of Interactive Management; Case 3.”