Ernst G. Frankel

In Pursuit of Technological Excellence

Engineering Leadership, Technological Change, and Economic Development

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Produktbeschreibung

This work examines the relationships among engineering leadership, technological change, and economic development. Specifically, it reviews the role and contribution of engineers--through their education and work--in the pursuit of excellence and effectiveness in our increasingly pervasive technological development. The relationship between the rate of technological development, technological diffusion, and success in its application, and the role or position of engineers in industry and government is interdependent. Frankel concludes that while the United States continues its dominance in basic scientific research and technology development, the growing lag in developing and applying technology in a timely and effective manner is largely a result of the lack of engineers in senior decisionmaking positions in industry and government. This work will be of interest to practicing engineers, practicing managers, and scholars and students of economics and technology development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 392g
• ISBN-13: 9780275944766
• ISBN-10: 027594476X
• Artikelnr.: 25568786

Autorenporträt

ERNST G. FRANKEL is Professor of Ocean Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches both in the School of Engineering and at the Sloan School of Management and has wide industrial, public service, and academic experience. He is the author of seven books including, most recently, Management of Technology Change (1990).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Issues and Problems of Engineering
Leadership Societal Effects of Engineering and Technology Engineers and
Leadership Engineers as Decisionmakers Managing and Organizing Engineers
Engineering and Technology Development Engineering Education Engineering as
a Profession Toward Technological Excellence Model of the Engineer of the
Future Technological Excellence and Engineering Leadership The Meaning of
Technology and Engineering Threats to U.S. Technological and Economic
Leadership The New Engineer References Appendix A: Safety and Engineers
Risk Aversiveness Appendix B: Code of Ethics for Engineers and the Role of
Quality Management in Engineering Appendix C: A Nation Neither Prepared nor
Committed to the Training of Its Workers Appendix D: On Contingent Fees and
Self-Regulation Appendix E: Engineer's Liability Appendix F: Commercially
Relevant R&D Index