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Engineering as a Social Enterprise.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Engineering As A Social Enterprise; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Engineering As A Social Enterprise; Introduction; 1-Systems Perspectives; FROM DETERMINISTIC DYNAMOS TO SEAMLESS-WEB SYSTEMS; The Shift Away From Internalism And Determinism; Technology as Systems; Dynamics of Technological Change; Involving the Visible Hand; Geographical Determinism; Political Factors; Social Construction Of Technology; Technology-Science Relationship; Conclusion; CULTURAL AND SOCIOTECHNICAL VALUES; Risk, Uncertainty, And Public Trust; Human Progress; 2-Organizational Perspectives.
- BUSINESS, CONSUMERS, AND SOCIETY-AT-LARGE: NEW DEMANDS AND EXPECTATIONSProduct Demands And Expectations In The Auto Industry; Global Economic Interdependence and Competition; The Need to Set World Standards; Growing Societal Demands on the Product; Market Incentives versus Command-and-Control Regulation: The Environmental Example; Costs of Environmental Progress; The Engineer in the Eye of the Hurricane; The Experience of the 1970s as a Guide for the 1990s; Demands And Expectations In Automotive Manufacturing; The Importance of Systems Engineering.
- Demands And Expectations In The Automotive WorkplaceTwo Critical Tools Of Modern Engineering Practice; Conclusion; TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT; Interactions Between Industry And Science; Role Of Government As Regulator And Major Procurement Agency; Regulatory Environment; Major Government Programs; Government as the Champion of Technology; Influence Of Financial Institutions And Economic Factors; Foreign Investment; The Globalization of Technology; Public Understanding Of Science And Technology; Summary; 3-Practitioners' Perspectives; THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ENGINEERING: A CURRENT ASSESSMENT.
- Social Impacts Of EngineeringSociology And Education Of Engineers; Social Responsibility; Social Purpose; Social Needs; Lessons Learned; What Is Past Is Prologue: The American Experience; Engineering At A Crossroads; Acknowledgments; PONDERING THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEM; Model For Social Needs; How Society Applies Technology; The Picturephone; Home Information; Facsimile; Cellular Telephony; Lessons Learned; Trends In The Sociotechnical System; The Future; Appendixes; Appendix A-Tribute to J. Herbert Hollomon; Appendix B-Engineering's Great Challenge-The 1960s.
- Technological ExpansionPlanned Innovation; Opportunities For Engineers; Who Can Best Meet The Challenge?; Role Of Engineering Not Recognized; Responsibility Of The Individual; National Academy Of Engineering; Benefits To Science And Engineering; Contributors.