The Challenge of the 21st Century: Managing Technology and Ourselves in a Shrinking W - Couverture souple

Linstone, Harold A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791419509 ISBN 13 : 9780791419502

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1994

Synopsis

The population and technology explosions are shrinking the world to a system in which everything is interactive, forcing us to transcend traditional modes of thinking. In this book, the authors set forth the concept of multiple perspectives: technical, organizational, and personal. They begin the book with a multiple-perspective examination of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, a case that foreshadows the intensifying problem of managing hazardous technology in the coming decades. They then apply this approach, on a much larger scale, to the United States in the evolving global setting. Included in the discussion are issues such as the balance between short-term and long-term concerns and between individual and societal responsibilities. The interdependence and inseparability of the three perspectives is reflected in the focus on technological superiority, organizational rethinking, and imaginative personal leadership.

This book will help managers and students in business, engineering, science, and policymaking break away from exclusive concern with the technical perspective and thus help prepare them for the challenges of a new era.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Harold A. Linstone is University Professor Emeritus of Systems Science at Portland State University and editor-in-chief of Technological Forecasting and Social Change. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including Multiple Perspectives for Decision Making and The Unbounded Mind: New Approaches to Business Thinking. Ian I. Mitroff is the Harold Quinton Distinguished Professor of Business Policy and Director of the Center for Crisis Management in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is the author of The Subjective Side of Science and co-author of five other books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791419509
• ISBN 13: 9780791419502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 438
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible