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Engineering in Society

Engineering in Society

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309035927
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309595520
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1985
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 145
  • Language: English
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • BACKGROUND
  • Historical Development
  • Structural Characteristics
  • Features of the Present Era
  • Supply and Demand
  • OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE
  • 1 Introduction
  • Traditional Views of Engineering
  • The Reality: Diversity in a Complex World
  • Significance of Societal Perceptions
  • CALCULATING THE VECTOR OF CHANGE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
  • Birth of the Technological Society: 17901850
  • The Engineering Education System
  • Diversification of the Engineering Disciplines
  • Corporate Technology and the Corporate Engineer: 1880 and After
  • Global Depression, Global War
  • World War II
  • EARLY STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING
  • Undeveloped Societal Demands
  • Infrastructure Development
  • Supportive Societal Environment
  • Adaptability and Responsiveness
  • Diversity
  • POSTWAR CHANGES IN SCOPE
  • Expansion of Government's Role
  • The Information Explosion
  • Global Business, Global Markets
  • IMPACTS ON ENGINEERING
  • Multiplying Specialties/Interdisciplinary Activity
  • The Educational System
  • The Professional Societies
  • Engineer as Corporate Employee
  • Engineer as Government Employee
  • Intensification of Social Issues in Engineering
  • The Societal Demand-Pull Factor
  • Mechanisms for Meeting the Demand
  • Factors Limiting Supply Response
  • Arguments For and Against Specialization
  • Alternative Approaches
  • Potential Impacts on Society
  • Potential Impacts on Engineering Employment
  • Roles and Responsibility for Intervention
  • SOCIETY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
  • 5 Maintaining Flexibility in an Age of Stress and Rapid Change
  • Does the Supply Meet the Demand?
  • Is the Quality of the "Product" Adequate?
  • Potential Scenarios of the Future
  • Significance of the Scenarios
  • General Stresses
  • RECOMMENDATION
  • RECOMMENDATION
  • RECOMMENDATION
  • RECOMMENDATION
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix
  • Engineering in an Increasingly Complex Society
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Engineering as a Method for Solving Problems
  • Engineering as a Profession
  • Engineering as Social Practice
  • Science and Engineering
  • Responding to Innovation
  • Institutional Imperatives
  • The Engineer and the Marketplace
  • Educating Engineers
  • Resilience in Times of Crisis
  • Engineering in Society
  • Conclusions
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Presenters
  • Committee Members
  • Other

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