MAY 1998 SHORT COURSE SYLLABUS

John N. Warfield

THE DEMANDS OF COMPLEXITY MEET THE KILLER ASSUMPTIONS:
WHY POLICY IS DEFECTIVE

  1. Dates: May 18 to May 22, inclusive.

  2. Location: George Mason University, Johnson Center, Room 311

  3. Instructor: John N. Warfield, University Professor, Phone 703-993-2994.
    George Mason University, Mail Stop 1B2, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

  4. Invited Associates:
    • Henry Alberts, Ph. D., Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir
    • Roxana Cárdenas, D. E. A. (Aix-en-Provence), Professor, Systems, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, N. L., Mexico
    • Alexander Christakis, Ph. D. (Yale), President, CWA Limited, Paoli, PA
    • Alexander Pattakos, Ph. D., Vice President, CWA Limited, Paoli, PA
    • Ricardo Rodriguez Ulloa, Director of Systems Society of Peru, Lima, Peru
    • Stuart Umpleby, Ph. D., Director, Center for Social and Organizational Learning, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University

    • Course Registration: See Dr. Larrison Jackson, TIPP

    • Course Outline: See "Condensed Patterns", attached.

    • College Credit: 1 hour of credit is available to those who register, and produce a paper that applies what was learned to a current public policy topic that is mutually satisfactory to the Student and to the Instructor..

    • Scholarships Available. The Student may apply for a scholarship that will pay the costs of registration, but must do so ahead of time, not after the course is over. Send an email to jnwarfield@aol.com titled "Scholarship Application for May 18, 1998 Short Course", requesting a scholarship.

    • Hours: 9 AM to 4 PM Daily, except that, on Friday, closing may occur before 2 PM to accommodate travel plans.

    • Course Plan. Professor Warfield will lecture in the mornings on the topics found in the "Condensed Patterns" attached. In the afternoons, the Invited Associates will make up a panel, and they will discuss what was said in the morning lecture in the light of their own experience with issues in public policy.