Explores the limits of written prose as opposed to graphical representation. Warfield asserts that scientific communication, e.g. the work of writing such things as technical reports describing a complex project or a complex situation is currently hampered by a reliance on prose (or as he calls it "linear prose"). Prose alone cannot effectively explain and display the complexities which much be dealt with in most modern management, government and engineering activities. He proposes that education of college students could be improved by training them in the use of graphical representation and that students should not be restricted to use of linguistic prose forms now favored as a communication tool by English professors. Presented at 17th Annual Meeting of the Association for Integrative Studies, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Arizona, 30 September 1995.

An unfished paper.

These are PowerPoint slides prepared for a videotaped lecture. A video of this lecture is available. This is the first in a series of 14 lectures called “Managing the Unmanageable.”

Warfield argues that "effective stakeholder participation is the only resort" for realistically attaining the goals of our political platforms, but "participation is only part of the answer; we have to enable our citizenship to function." Proceeds to describe Interactive Management using the seven Consensus Methodologies from the Center for Interactive Management at UVA as illustrations. Manuscript includes an outline of talk and copies of transparencies. An invited address presented at the Governor's Commission on Virginia's Future, Richmond, Virginia, 3 February 1983.

Copies of pages from Warfield’s course notebook titled "Social Systems Design" which he taught at University of Virginia in 1979 Fall semester.

A review of the intellectual history presaging the development of the Interactive Management (IM) adaptation and use of structural graphics to display results of IM Workshops. See also, “The Problematique: Evolution of an Idea, (1998)” by John N. Warfield and George H. Perino, Jr.

Warfield's evaluation of the ISM software package written under supervision of Cliff Saunders. Overall, Warfield found PRISM functioned reasonably well but several areas existed where he deemed the PRISM software as inadequate. Submitted to Defense Systems Management College, May 1991.

Presentation a full conceptualization the Interactive Management method. Descries in capsule form its important features, such as user participation, analysis of degrees of complexity, recognition of human roles, the triad of Content/Context/Process, the Sigma-5 concept, an improved situation-room design, and the use of seven specific Consensus Methodologies.

A discussion of some of the unconsciously held beliefs or "presuppositions" which contribute to human decision-making, usually without the awareness of the decision-makers. Building on the work of Peirce, Gibbs, Lemoigne and Argyris, the author proposes a methodology of generic design science be used to dislodge those "uncommendable" presuppositions on the part of designers & planners which have contributed in the past to disastrous planning and disastrous decisions. Submitted to Tenth European Meeting on Cybernetics & Systems Research, University of Austria, Vienna, 17-20 April 1990.

A working paper/memo for a course. Lists a number of transparencies or teaching materials, separated by categories which are to be presented in order.