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A QUANTITATIVE SYSTEM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF INITIAL ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Natural Science Michigan State University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science
by
June 1979
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. THE PROBLEM AND DEFINITION OF TERMS USED
III. A SYSTEMATIC MODEL OF SPECIALTY RELATIONSHIPS
V. DIFFERENTIATION OF THE INITIAL ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
VI. INFORMATION AND SPECIALTY NEEDS
VII. SPECIALTY PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES
VIII. SPECIALTY VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES
IX. DESIGN OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MATRIX AND THE ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY