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Managing the Unmanageable PowerPoint Presentations July 19 2003
Also known as The Complexicon Table this is a list of 45 PowerPoint presentations topically arranged, and fitted all on one page. The teaching of a complete Systems Science curriculum has been designed and displayed in outline, with numerical keys as to where to find the slides. This table should be used in conjunction with Managing the Unmanageable PowerPoint Slide Collection. See notes field for further details.
SYSTEMS INSIGHT: The Nineteenth Insight
Argues that there is a certain sequence of system insights is embedded in (intrinsic to) the Work Program of Complexity. This sequence shows that there is one system science—not several—and that two methodologies are necessary and sufficient for this science.
Understanding this sequence leads to the conclusion that there is one systems science - not several - and that two methodologies are necessary and sufficient for this science
National Science Foundation vs John N. Warfield
Correspondence between Warfield and various public officials regarding the National Science Foundation request for researchers to examine complexity. Included are letters to/from U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, GMU Prof. & Dean Jonathan Gifford, NSF Asst Director David Lightfoot, NSF Director Arden Bement, NSF staff members, Shelby's office staff members.
Warfield’s List of Reports to Compare with Database Reports
A list of the titles of 77 reports Warfield wrote over a period of twenty years.
My (Fictitious) Commencement Address
Analysis of the problems with the current approach to higher education and an overview of the Interactive Management work program in relation to higher education.
John Warfield to Robert Vay, Mar 7, 2009
In this email sent to GMU Special Collections staff, Warfield attached a letter he had written on Feb 17, 2009 to Harvard University President Drew Faust. The letter has the same tone as some of Warfield’s My Crusades letters.
Elucidation
A summary list of Warfield's correspondences with about 80 different persons and/or institutions between 2001 and March 2009, along with his brief annotation for each item.
Congressional Policy Information Sources and Policy Development Processes: Proposal to Dirksen Congressional Center for a Congressional Research Award
A proposal for a research grant entitled “Congressional Research Award” to fund a project that would compare Interactive Management methods with the processes utilized by think tanks.
A VIEW OF SYSTEMS HISTORY
Credits the work of early philosophers and modern day system thinkers for the growth of the basic ideas of systems, such as Relationships, Observers, Complexity, Language and Reasoning. Warfield's work as a current development is described briefly, with references for the reader to pursue in internet sources.
Organizations and Systems Learning-Abstract
Abstract for the paper “Organizations and Systems Learning.”