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This paper explores the emergence of the creative design process based on a systems perspective as the most appropriate serious intellectual technology for the creation of new complex purposive systems which serve specific client’s desires, expectations and needs. This includes serving systems like educational institutions which are not in need of just restructuring but major transformation. The utilization of this new technology requires highly skilled whole systems designers which in turn depends on the availability of educational programs in the whole systems design similar to the MA Whole Systems Design at Antioch University Seattle.
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Nelson, H.G. (1993). Design Inquiry as an Intellectual Technology for the Design of Educational Systems. In: Reigeluth, C.M., Banathy, B.H., Olson, J.R. (eds) Comprehensive Systems Design: A New Educational Technology. NATO ASI Series, vol 95. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58035-2_11
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