Harold G. Nelson

Harold G. Nelson

Harold G. Nelson (1949 (?)) is an American architect, consultant and systems scientist, and Affiliate Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington.

Biography

Nelson studied Architecture received at the Montana State University and received a B.Arch. in 1970. He continued to study architecture and ceramic design at the Technical University and Ateneum Fine Arts Academy in Finland, and received a M.Arch. in 1973 from University of California. in 1973 he became a Licensed Architect in California. At the University of California he continued to study systems thinking and received his Ph.D. in 1979. His dissertation focused on a systems approach to the impact on rural communities of large-scale resource development projects with an emphasis on value distribution assessment. [http://www.haroldnelson.com/work1.htm Harold G. Nelson: Biographic Overview 2007] Retrieved 6 June 2008.] As a licensed architect in the State of California, Nelson worked as an assistant regional architect for Region Five of the U.S. Forest Service, and also worked as an architect in the private sector. In 1982 he started as Assistant Professor at the Texas Tech University. In 1984 he worked for a year at the Montana State University, and two years at the Saybrook Institute. From 1987 until 1999 he worked at the Antioch University and since at the 2002 University of Washington.

Nelson served for twelve years as the Director (Department Head) of the Graduate Programs in Whole Systems Design (WSD) at a national university. One program was recognized as among the Top Ten graduate programs in Organizational Development. Further he has been involved with diverse organizations including: non-profits and corporations, state and federal agencies, international governments, and the United Nations. He has consulted, or lectured in: Chile, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Indonesia, and Australia. Presently, in 2008, he is working as an education consultant for universities, governmental agencies, and business organizations. For the past twenty years, while working as a researcher, consultant, and educator in design and systems science. [ [http://www.haroldnelson.com/ Harold G. Nelson Biography] . Retrieved 6 June 2008.]

Nelson is co-founder in 1996, a Director and President of the Advanced Design Institute. He jhas been president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in 2000, a position previously held by such notable scholars as: Margaret Mead, Ilya Prigogine, Russell Ackoff, Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers and C. West Churchman.

Work

Nelsons research interests are in the fields of complex systems inquiry, complex organizational systems design, advanced design education in formal and informal settings, deep design/critique and advanced design postulation and axiom development. His focus is in two areas: the first is on the development of design competent organizations, and the second is on innovation leadership.

Design Competence

The book "The Design Way : Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World " from 2003 Nelson introduces the foundations and fundamentals of Design Competence. This book is about the design activity of creating new things: such as tools, organizations, processes, symbols, and systems. The core of design as a human activity is to come up with an idea, and to give form, structure and function to that idea. [http://www.haroldnelson.com/work1.htm The Design Way: Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World] . Harold G. Nelson. 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2008.]

Despite the best attempts of science and technology to bring predictability and control to worldly affairs, the world has proven to be unpredictable. Human intention, made visible and concrete through the instrumentality of design, enables us to create conditions, or artifacts, that facilitate the unfolding of human potential through designed evolution. Nelson states that a new designerly approach is needed. which "applies to an infinite variety of design domains; including those fields that are traditionally thought of when we consider design: architectural or interior design; industrial design, engineering design, graphic design, urban design, information systems design, software design, fashion design and other forms of physical design".

Publications

Nelson has written one book and more than twenty articles, and has given over 50 presentation world wide. [ A complete list is given in [http://www.haroldnelson.com/work1.htm Harold G. Nelson: Biographic Overview 2007] Retrieved 6 June 2008.]
* 2003. "The design way : intentional change in an unpredictable world : foundations and fundamentals of design competence." With Erik Stolterman. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Educational Technology Publications.

Articles, a selection:
* 1994. "The Necessity of Being ‘Undisciplined’ and ‘Out of Control’: Design Action and Systems Thinking". In: "Performance Improvement Quarterly", 1994, Vol. 7, No.3 (22-29).
* 2000. "The Case for Design; Creating a Culture of Intention". With Erik Stolterman. in: "Educational Technology", Nov.-Dec. 2000, Vol. XL, No. 6, (29-35).

References

External links

* [http://www.haroldnelson.com/ Harold G. Nelson Biography]


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