title:Figure 7. Integrative matrix of human preoccupations
Experimental subject configuration for the exploration of interdisciplinary relationships between organizations, problems, strategies, values and human development
Functional Classification
title:Figure 6. A presentation of inter-relationships of different levels of inquiry and modes of experience
(Adapted from tables of Erich Jantsch, Design for Evolution)
title:Figure 5. Circular presentation of periodic table of chemical elements
(Reproduced from A Piutti 1925)
title:Figure 4. Alternative presentation of periodic table of elements, highlighting chemical groups
("lanthanides" and "actinides" not shown)
title:Figure 3. Conventional presentation of periodic table of chemical elements
(inverted and with "lanthanides", 58-71, and "actinides", 90-103, not shown)
title:Figure 2. Examples of past attempts to present the periodic classification of chemical elements
Reproduced from J W Spronsen. The Periodic System of Chemical Emements: a history of the first hundred years. Amsterdam, 1969
title:Figure 1. Matrix organization of subject fields
Reproduced from I Dahlberg, ICC – Information Coding Classification. copyright 1982 by Ingetraut Dahlberg.
title:References
1. Anthony Judge. Presentation of GPID integration through functional classification of international organizations. (Paper represented to 5th Network Meeting of the Goals, Processes and Indicators of Development project of the United Nations University, Montreal, 1980).
2. Paul Otlet. Tableau de l'Organisation Internationale; organismes internationaux et activits internationales (2ème partie du Rapport général à la Conférence des associations internationales, Genève, 1924). Bruxelles, Union des Associations Internationales, 1924, 37 pages, UAI Publ Nr 114.
title:Conclusion
It is too soon to assess the merit of this approach in terms of its more experimental aims. Hopefully their implications have however been related to the organization of the categories in such a way as not to affect its value as a practical tool. As such the result is an interesting compromise between theory and practice with the merit of emphasizing the dimensions of innovative change and the value-related experiences in the name of which it is advocated.
title:Comments
1. Classification as a political act
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