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Proposal to teach a course of study on the subject of complexity that could be integrated into part of the ongoing public policy curriculum. He suggests that for this course his teaching pattern follow the British system of study - in which the student has only one examination taken at the end of his studies on the subject. The new Complexity course would include extensive use of Internet teaching, personal individual conferences with students, and a large resource base of research bibliographies, as well as a software program (the ISM software) designed to facilitate the study of complexity. Nothing came of the proposal.



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A Proposal for Systems Science

Proposes a field Systems Science that will fulfill at least five different roles: as a science of description, as a science of generic design, as a science of complexity, as a science of action, and as a science that incorporates methodologies from other disciplines when necessary. See also, “Original Manuscript for ‘A Proposal for Systems Science’” and “Forecast for Systems Science

This document was printed and used as the manual for the short course titled: Topics in Public Policy—Demands of Complexity on Writing and Research, Course No. PUBP 833-005, offered as a short course by The Institute of Public Policy at George Mason University 9-11 January 1995, and taught by Dr. Warfield. The manual consists of 154 pages, and is made up of some new writings plus several previously issued manuscripts and publications.

 

In English, the title of this article is "A Course in Generic Design for Engineers." The paper is a course outline for a college-level class, based on courses in generic design for engineering students taught by Professor Warfield at the University of Virginia in the early 1980s. See also, “A Course in Generic Design for Engineers (1995 version).”

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Project Experience

A capability statement written to accompany proposals from Institute for the Advanced Study in the Integrative Sciences (IASIS), this paper gives project descriptions of the activities in Warfield's institute through June 1992. See notes field for list of projects described.



This report is based on work Warfield did in Ghana in January 1990, and includes materials which he had already presented to CSIR in January 1999 (in a talk titled "Success Factors in Technology Transfer for Developing Nations") and is a follow on to his earlier consulting work in Ghana during 1989. The full title of this article is: Project and Funding Proposals for Development of Technology Transfer Centre. Report to Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Accra, Ghana. 1990/06/27 A report prepared for Technology Transfer Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, UNDP/TTC Project No. GHA/88/008/B/01/99/



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Progress in Interactive Management

A general descriptive piece about the Interactive Management process, itemizing its distinctive features, and giving locations where the process is in actual use as a planning/management tool. 

An introductory manual on structural modeling and group facilitation. The selections chosen for this manual came from Volume 2 of Designs for the Future of Environmental Education, 1980 FINAL REPORT, Contract #300-700-4028 submitted to Walter J. Bogan, head of Office of Environmental Education, U.S. Dept. Education.  The manual was used as a handout in a course on Complexity and Interactive Management at George Mason University.

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Profiles of Metapolicy

Defining a `metapolicy' as a policy for how policymaking will be carried out, Warfield discusses six important policymaking dimensions in which human behavior can constrain or restrict policy choices. The paper concludes with suggestions for unconventional methods, employing technology to support selected idea actions, to negate certain of these behavioral constraints. Presented at IEEE Conference on Cybernetics & Society, September, 1975, San Francisco, CA.



A summary of work done by a small group discussing ways to develop music and arts education centers nationwide. The “Florentine Conference” was organized by Ray Evans Harrell, a New York City musical entrepreneur, a talented musician and voice teacher who wanted to experiment with Warfield's Interactive Management process in the field of music. See also, “Warfield to Ray Harrell, protesting bad IM Workshop plan, 15 March 2004." Conference held in Alexandria, VA, 25-27 May 2004.