Richard F. Hirsh, Hirsh Richard F.

Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines management failures in America's electric utility industry in the 1960s and 1970s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521524711
• ISBN-10: 0521524717
• Artikelnr.: 21105496

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgment of financial support
Introduction
Part I. Progress and Culture: 1. Managerial and technological foundations
2. Establishment of a management culture
3. Manufacturers and technological progress before World War II
4. Postwar strategies of utilities and manufacturers
5. Utilities' role in technological progress
6. The mid-1960s: at the pinnacle of success
Part II. Stasis: 7. Technical limits to progress in the 1960s and 1970s
8. Design deficiencies and faulty technology
9. Maelstroms and management malaise
10. Criticisms of utility research and development
11. The mid-1970s: near the bottom
Part III. Accommodating Stasis: 12. Understanding values: the basis for a new consensus
13. The search for new technology
Part IV. Conclusion: 14. History and the management of technology
Appendices
Bibliographic note
Notes
Index.