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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828507203321

Titolo

Getting new technologies together : studies in making sociotechnical order / / edited by Cornelis Disco, Barend van der Meulen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Walter de Gruyter, , 1998

ISBN

3-11-081072-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (388 p.)

Collana

De Gruyter studies in organization : innovation, technology, and organization ; ; 82

Classificazione

QC 344

Altri autori (Persone)

DiscoCornelis

MeulenBarend van der <1964->

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Social aspects

Technology and civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction / Disco, Cornelis / Meulen, Barend van der -- Chapter 1. Coordination of Ship Propeller Design: Technical Models and the Relation of T. Y. Draco with Queen Elizabeth ΙI / Meulen, Barend van der -- Chapter 2. Means of Coordination in Making Biological Science: On the Mapping of Plants, Animals, and Genes / Stemerding, Dirk / Hilgartner, Stephen -- Chapter 3. Coordination in Military Socio-technical Networks: Military Needs, Requirements and Guiding Principles / Smit, Wim A. / Elzen, Boelie / Enserink, Bert -- Chapter 4. Getting an Experiment Together in High Energy Physics: Big Plans, Big Machines, and Bricolage / Disco, Cornelis -- Chapter 5. Why Are Chickens Housed in Battery Cages? / Poel, Ibo van de -- Chapter 6. Aligning Gender and New Technology: The Case of Early Administrative Automation / Oost, Ellen van -- Chapter 7. Expectations in Technological Developments: An Example of Prospective Structures to be Filled in by Agency / Lente, Harro van / Rip, Arie -- Chapter 8. Boundary Maintenance and Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology in the U.S., 1945-1970 / Bruhèze, Adri A. de la -- Chapter 9. Meaningful Boundaries: Symbolic Representations in Heterogeneous Research and Development Projects / Duncker, Elke / Disco, Cornelis -- Chapter 10. Antagonistic Patterns and New Technologies / Rip, Arie / Talma, Siebe -- Chapter 11. Getting Case



Studies Together: Conclusions on the Coordination of Sociotechnical Order / Disco, Cornelis / Meuten, Barend van der -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index