Idealized Design

Foreword by Ray Stata xxiii
Preface xxix
Introduction: The Birth of an Idea xxxiii

Part I: Idealized Design: The Basics 1
Chapter 1: The Stages of Idealized Design 3
Chapter 2: Organizing the Process 27
Chapter 3: Preparing for an Idealized Design Process 43

Part II: Idealized Design: Applications—The Process in Action 59
Chapter 4: Business Enterprises 61
Chapter 5: Not-for-Profit and Government Organizations 87
Chapter 6: Process Improvement 103
Chapter 7: Problem Dissolving 117
Chapter 8: Facilities and Sites Design 129
Chapter 9: Take the Plunge 137

Part III: Idealized Design: No Limit—Applications to World Challenges 145
Chapter 10: The Urban Challenge 147
-An Urban Car
-A Redesign of Paris and Beyond
Chapter 11: The Health-Care Challenge 159
-A National Health-Care System
-A Health-Care Mall
Chapter 12: The Challenge to Government 171
-A National Elections System
-A New United Nations
-A Response to Terrorism

Part IV: Complete Idealized Designs 187
Chapter 13: Energetics (Business Enterprise) 189
Chapter 14: Academy of Vocal Arts (Not-for-Profit) 219
Chapter 15: White House Communications Agency (Government) 235

Endnotes 265
Annotated Bibliography 267

Index 277