Some of you might find the articles in the Fall 2012 issue of the magazine
"The Bridge" of interest. This is the official magazine of the United
States National Academy of Engineering (The National Academies are the
American equivalent of the British Royal Society).
The current issue is focused upon "How social science informs engineering
practice," a most unusual topic for engineers to think about (or even admit
to), and one that is very relevant to many of the issues and problems
discussed by design.
The articles are available at
http://www.nae.edu/Publications/Bridge/62556.aspx
The key article addressing "messy, wicked, and ill-structured" problems is
"Decision Strategies for Addressing Complex, "Messy" Problems " but I found
the entire issue to be of interest.
Don
Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group, IDEO Fellow
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