Q. What is Hodges' model? A. It is NOT a 2x2 matrix.

Regular visitors / readers of W2tQ will be familiar with this rendering of Hodges' model:

 

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group - population

The separation of axes and domains above is contrived to overcome some of the limitations of HTML.

An image can re-solve and integrate to show the model as intended:

Hodges' model: The axes and domains

 

 Moving on to read and review Lowy and Hood's book on The Power of the 2x2 Matrix two chapters in there are already (yet again) rich rewards and two questions I ask myself...

1. On their own what exactly are the axes? 

 

 

individual

|

INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group - population

 

2. The same question can be asked of the care (knowledge) domains as labelled: what are they? 

 

INTRA- INTERPERSONAL	SCIENCES
SOCIOLOGY	POLITICAL

 

More to follow ...

Alex Lowy, Phil Hood (2004) The Power of the 2 x 2 Matrix: Using 2 x 2 Thinking to Solve Business Problems and Make Better Decisions, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass ISBN: 978-1-118-00879-9