LEADER 05233nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910974701903321 005 20251116141256.0 010 $a9786610211760 010 $a9781280211768 010 $a1280211768 010 $a9780309572361 010 $a0309572363 010 $a9780585001968 010 $a0585001960 035 $a(CKB)111000211177040 035 $a(OCoLC)301106870 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10056879 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000147476 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11144774 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147476 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10037994 035 $a(PQKB)10499634 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056879 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL21176 035 $a(OCoLC)940510285 035 $a(Perlego)4736404 035 $a(BIP)496208 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211177040 100 $a19910503d1991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEngineering as a social enterprise /$fHedy E. Sladovich, editor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (123 p.) 300 $a"Papers presented during the 1990 Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering in a symposium dedicated to the memory of J. Herbert Hollomon." 300 $a"Presented ... during the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting ... 3 October 1990, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso. 311 08$a9780309044318 311 08$a0309044316 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aEngineering 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 EXPECTATIONS -- Product 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 Workplace -- Two 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 Engineering. 327 $aSociology 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 Expansion -- Planned 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. 330 $aEssays based on presentations given at the 1990 meeting of the National Academy of Engineering in a symposium dedicated to the memory of J. Herbert Holloman include perspectives on the engineering response to social needs as well as to social forces. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Po 606 $aEngineering$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEngineering$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 701 $aSladovich$b Hedy E$01804797 701 $aHollomon$b J. Herbert$g(John Herbert)$013519 712 02$aNational Academy of Engineering.$bMeeting$d(26th :$f1990 :$eWashington, D.C.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974701903321 996 $aEngineering as a social enterprise$94367311 997 $aUNINA