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Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Complexity and Higher Education

Discusses the nature of complexity in higher education. Presented at George Washington University, University Club, 16 August 1995.

Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Complexity and Drummers

A Manual for a five day short course entitled Topics in Public Policy: Complexity and Drummers given at George Mason University in The Institute of Public Policy (TIPP) with assistance of A. R. Cardenas and S.M. Staley, on 5-9 June 1995 (Course No. PUBP 833-401). Nearly all of this material has been incorporated into Warfield’s book Work Program of Complexity.



Presents new insights into necessary conditions for groups to arrive at cognitive equilibrium in relation to complex issues. Three "Laws" relating to conduct and understanding of group work are postulated: the “Law of Inherent Conflict,” the “Law of Structural Underconceptualization” and the “Law of Uncorrelated Extremes.” 

Accopress binder with an abstract, handwritten notes, formulas, graphs and a copy of the 1980 paper “Complementary Relations and Map Reading.”


Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Comparison Works of Sage and Kawamura

Correspondence that includes comparison between K. Kawamura and A.P. Sage.


Systematic analysis and comparison of the five schools of complexity. The developed and applied foregrounds of the schools are then prospected. See also, “An Effective Approach to Manage Complexity of Organizations: The Structure-Based Science of Complexity.”



Invited talk, presented at the First Interloquium on the Twenty-First Century, Guanajuato, Mexico, 21 March 1994. Includes diagrams displaying results of conference and excepts from Interloquium reports which list participants.



Review submitted as part of George Mason University’s process of reviewing Warfield’s manuscript for potential publication. Reviewer highly recommended publication.

 

Sunday, 14 June 2015 16:09

Comments on Interactive Management

Introductory explanation of a series of three Interactive Management Workshops. Introduces and describes “indexes of complexity” and displays the Sigma Five Plus figure to outline the components of interactive Management. Presented at Science & Technology Policy Research Institute, Ghana Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Accra, Ghana 7 January 1997.



Critique of “A Preliminary Framework for Urban Model Building” by B. Golden and A. Assad. Argues current model of urban design is flawed and ineffective. Asserts that methodology proposed by Warfield and others could be applied to produce a better model of urban design. Presented at International Working Conference on Model Realism, Bad-Honnef, West Germany, 20-23 April 1982.


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