Course Content: As described below, the course will focus upon specific cases that are well- documented. All of these cases involve specific policy issues. However the focus on these cases is to provide specific empirical evidence that the various practices embodied in Interactive Management are sound. Some of the cases will show very bad policy developmental processes with historically objectionable outcomes. Other cases will show very good policy development practices using Interactive Management to produce demonstrable success stories.

One of the most neglected things in the whole educational repertoire is to make the connection between science and applications. This course will also work in that domain. The way this will be done is to introduce for the first time what are called THE SEVEN PATTERNS OF COMPLEXITY. Each of these patterns occupies just one page, making it easy to reference specific aspects of the connection between science and the applications, as illustrated in the case studies.

• The 24-Century-Long Pattern of the History of Thought (A seven-stage precedence structure)
• The Behavioral Pathologies Pattern (A 3-level Hierarchy) and the Interactive Management System response
• The Work Program of Complexity, Organizational-Process Pattern (A four-stage precedence structure)
• The Measurement Pattern of Complexity (A 5-stage precedence structure)
• A Knowledge-Base of Complexity Pattern (A two-level hierarchy, a Field Structure)
• The Scientific Process Pattern (A 2-level hierarchy, a Field Structure overlaying the Scientific Tapestry which is a 3-level hierarchy)
• Demands of Complexity Pattern (A 3-level hierarchy, a Tapestry)

The course will include a description of how each of these patterns was developed, and will show how they collectively span the domain involving the development of science and the applications of science to areas of complexity. This work is original, and you will not find it anywhere else. The Ford Motor Company deserves thanks for its sponsorship of work at George Mason University that has made this work possible.

George Mason University

PUBP 850 W01 05607 MTWRF 800-400 1/12-1/16.

Location to be determined: Default location will be Pohick Conference Room at the Institute of Public Policy. Efforts are being made to find a comfortable place.

Instructor: Dr. John Warfield (with possible guest presenters)

Credit Offered: 1 degree credit, graded Pass/Fail

Requirement: To receive credit, the student must prepare and submit an original paper presenting a case study in policy development, and a discussion of how the case study relates to what was learned in the short course.

Case Topics: The cases studied will include situations such as the following: the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear energy in the post World War II era, automobile industry policy in the post World War II era, educational program development; strategic resource allocation policy for developing the (Mexican) State of Guanajuato in the first decade of the new century, U. S. defense acquisition policy, technology policy for small- industry development in Ghana, policy for disarmament and demobilization in Liberia, and US government software development policy in the Strategic Defense Initiative..

Text Material: Text materials will be provided to attendees at no charge.

Scholarships and Prerequisite: Scholarships will be available to pay the cost of the student course fee for those GMU students who wish to receive credit. Applications for scholarships should be submitted to John N. Warfield by email at the email address given above (SOON, BEFORE ALL THE FREE MONEY IS ALLOCATED). The application should either be (a) a one-page proposal describing the topic of the student's planned paper (which will be evaluated by Warfield, who will notify the student of the results) or (b) a four-page proposal from the student's graduate adviser. Any graduate adviser who agrees to attend and participate in the short course will automatically entitle three of his advisees for scholarships. Three of the four pages should be prepared by the 3 students, along the lines of application (a), and the fourth should be a simple statement that the faculty member will attend and take part in the short course. These should be submitted to Warfield.

Open to Outsiders: The short course will be open to outsiders (non-GMU) who gain entry by paying $1,000 to George Mason University (sending check to Warfield made out to GMU, in that amount). GMU faculty are invited to attend at no charge and to participate in discussions.

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