Maarten Derksen

Histories of Human Engineering

Tact and Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This fascinating account of the histories of human engineering reveals the importance of combining technology with tact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781107057432
• ISBN-10: 1107057434
• Artikelnr.: 48451466

Autorenporträt

Maarten Derksen is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. He has authored Iedereen doet aan psychologie (1999) and, with Sybe Terwee, translated Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations into Dutch (1992; 2nd edition 2006). He was an honorary fellow of the Science Studies Centre of the University of Bath, an associate of the 'What makes organization?' research programme at the Copenhagen Business School, and is a member of the editorial board of Theory and Psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Tact and technology
3. Scientific management and the human factor
4. 'Social technology'
5. Dale Carnegie and the fine art of dealing with people
6. Karl Popper's social technology and the personal element
7. Tactful leadership
8. Mind control
9. The priming saga: the subtle technology of psychological experimentation
Conclusion.