Gary Metcalf
School: Organizational Leadership and Transformation
Bio:
Gary Metcalf is a part-time faculty in the Organizational Systems concentration. As an international consultant and speaker, his practice ranges from learning to leadership. He is also a part-time faculty member in schools of business in the US and in India. He received his PhD from Saybrook in Human Science and has remained active in systems organizations, presenting and publishing internationally. He currently serves as President for the International Federation for Systems Research, based in Vienna, Austria and is the past president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (2008). His primary research interest is in the nature of social systems."
Curriculum Vitae
Upcoming Presentations and Public Addresses
Degrees, Discipline, Year, Institution
Current Projects and Professional Activities
I am currently focused on developing and delivering leadership programs, through the Center for Innovation and Leadership at Ohio University, the Federal Executive Institute in VA, and other private contracts. I'm also working on publication of a book with two other colleagues, regarding systems thinking a complexity in management and organizations.
Important Conference Presentations
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July 4-9, 2004, 48th Annual Conference, The International Society of Systems Sciences, Asilomar, CA
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May 19-21, 2004 International Conference on Systems Thinking in Management, Philadelphia. PA
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November 17-19, 2003 International Business Interface Conference, Quito, Ecuador
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December 2003 Seminar for MBA students in Bangalor, India
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2003, 47th Annual Conference, The International Society of Systems Sciences, Crete, Greece
Research Interests
Current research interests are in the area of social systems – basic theories, and as applied to organizations and global economic/political systems.
Research Expertise
Basic competence in both qualitative and quantitative methods. Interest in theoretical approaches.
Expertise Working with Saybrook Students
Can help students with writing and publishing; guidance on integrating learning and practice.
Research Expertise
Research Expertise Rating Guide:
- studied in a class or have read intensively on my own
- special training in the form of a workshop or equivalent
- taught a class in, or supervised research using this method (research practicum, on a dissertation or master's committee
- used in research myself
- published or presented at conferences my research using this method
Methods Traditionally Considered As Quantitative (But Need Not Be)
| Laboratory Research |
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| Field Experiments |
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| Randomized Controlled Clinical |
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| Quasi-experimental methods |
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| Correlational Methods |
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Methods That Could Use Quantitative Or Qualitative Methods
| Action Research |
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| Survey Research |
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| Interview Research |
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| Observational Research |
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| Epidemiological Research |
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| Ethnography |
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| Focus Groups |
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| Self-Observational Methods |
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| Narrative Methods |
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| Feminist Methods |
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| Content Analysis |
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| Discovery-Oriented (psychotherapy) |
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| Events paradigm (psychotherapy) |
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| Archival Research |
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| Case History Methods |
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| Appreciative Inquiry |
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| Multiple Case Depth Research |
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| Hermeneutic Single Case Efficacy Design |
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| Longitudinal research |
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| Cross-sectional research |
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Methods Primarily Associated With Qualitative Research (But May Also Use Quantitative)
| Ethnoautobiographical research |
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| Hermeneutics |
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| Grounded Theory |
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| Phenomenology |
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| Heuristic Research |
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Types of Analysis
| Simple Parametric Statistics (t-test, etc.) |
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| Confidence intervals |
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| Analysis of Variance (including MANOVA) |
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| Analysis of Covariance |
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| Regression (including multiple regression) |
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| Discriminant Function Analysis |
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| Structural Equation Modeling/Path Analysis |
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| Causal Modeling |
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| Cluster Analysis |
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| Survival Analysis |
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| Nonparametrics |
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| Bayesian Analysis |
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| Meta-analysis and effect sizes |
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| Factor Analysis |
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| Time series analysis |
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| Multidimensional scaling |
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