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Project: Organizational Systems in Conflict *Mexico*03 ?

Affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Ciudad Juarez
Starts: 9/1/03 Ends: 2/1/04
Leaders: omega, elindblom
Keywords: CONFLICT RESOLUTION, systems thinking, mentoring, Harvard, http://elindblom.bravehost.com
Participants: 10 (view all)
Description:

Education/ Systems Thinking Limited Enrollment ::: General Systems Theory "Mexico,' I thought the city and the nation could also use a psychoanalyst," Krauze, Enrique (1997) Mexico, biography of power. N.Y.: Harper Collins

The Scientific Method:
1. identify researchable problem
2. derive hypothesis
3. literature review of research
4. develop methodology
5. data collection and analysis
6. analysis
7. falsification
8. results & conclusions
9. interpretation
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Four major groups are active in Juarez (War-ez). Multinational corporations involved (in maquiladoras) are said to be: General Motors, Ford, Hughes, Phillips, RCA, Alcoa, DuPont, Contico, Sony, Toshiba and Daewoo.

Coursesites:

http://jurarez.bravehost.com

http://ElPasoTexas.bravehost.com

http://www.blackboard.com

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Background:

The four groups are:

Hacienderos

Government

Military

Church

ABSTRACT: Psychological Warfare, Leadership and Change
Is psychological warfare (terrorism, torture and murder) epidemic in Mexico?
In Mexico women have been attacked. “They were raped, bitten, strangled and stabbed. One woman was found in an acid-filled 55-gallon drum. Others were found with their breasts mutilated and their hair cut off. Some were shot in the head at close range” (1. http://www.elpasotimes.com/borderdeath/page1-2.html).
What is being done? There are 1.) investigative, 2.) mass media and 3.) legal speculations. Only one conviction was obtained (killer Sharif Abdul Latif Sharif of the group The Contras). Using undisciplined inquiry, no solution has been adequate. The extreme violence continues. Disciplined, scientific research is imperative. Investigative, media and legal solutions haven’t solved the problem.
The epidemic is an ongoing and historical Dirty War (asymmetrical psychological warfare) throughout Mexico. The problem is more widespread than Ciudad Juarez. “In August, local press reported that there had been 177 killings in Tijuana, Baja California since January. The press also reported in September that there had been at least 56 killings during the year in Nuevo Laredo.” (9.) There were, in 2001, killings of 12 persons in the town of El Limoncito, Sinaloa. There was the 1997 killing of 45 persons in Acteal, Chiapas and the massacre of 17 indigenous farmers in Aguas Blancas.
An international visit is imperative. As this applicant is at the expert level in Latin-American affairs, a professional approach has been made to Mexico. The central site (foreign host) is with psychologist Sergio Rueda of the Instituto de Medicina y Tecnologia Avazanda de la Conducta in Juarez. A current and professional association exists. An invitation is included with this proposal. The overall timeline for the project is a scientific analysis using a solid foundation from General Systems Theory (Bertalanffy) to establish disciplined research using the scientific method in several concrete steps: 1.) Current research literature and significance, 2.) Objectives and hypotheses, 3.) Methods and approaches, 4.) Data perspectives and 5.) Results, solutions, discussion and publication. The project shall have lasting duration in the interlinking of academic institutions and cross-cultural systems in Mexico (The Insitute of Medicine) and the United States (Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center in San Francisco and The University of Texas in El Paso). Each task shall be assigned a specific amount of time to accomplish.
“In some cases, the victims are mutilated and horribly disfigured. Objects have been stuffed into their vaginas or anuses, and/or their left breasts have been hacked off. Many are strangled, and then stabbed repeatedly.” (4.)

http://www.elpasotimes.com/borderdeath/page1-2.html
2. http://www.carolinianonline.com/
3.. http://www.migrationint.com.
4. http://www.mahem.net

Additional resources are available at:

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http://existentialsociety.bravehost.com

http://existentialsystems.bravehost.com

http://victorjara.bravehost.com

http://psychologyhumanistic.bravehost.com

http://consciousnessstudies.bravehost.com

http://humanisticpsychology.bravehost.com

http://metaphysics.bravehost.com

http://psychologyofconflict.bravehost.com

Supervision: Eric J. Lindblom PhD