Engineering in society / Panel on Engineering Interactions with Society, Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

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""Engineering in Society""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Definitions Adopted by the Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Historical Development""; ""Structural Characteristics""; ""Features of the Present Era""; ""ENGINEERING AND SOCIETY: THE DYNAMICS OF INTERACTION""; ""Supply and Demand""; ""Maintaining Adaptability""; ""Managing Change""; ""OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""ENGINEERS AND ENGINEERING IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT""; ""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?""; ""2 Evolution of American Engineering ""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRUCTURE""; ""Birth of the Technological Society: 1790�1850""; ""Emergence of the Professional Engineer: 1840�1890""; ""The Engineering Education System""; ""Diversification of the Engineering Disciplines""; ""Corporate Technology and the Corporate Engineer: 1880 and After""; ""Global Depression, Global War""; ""The Tennessee Valley Authority""

""The Rural Electrification Administration""""World War II""; ""EARLY STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERING""; ""Forces Affecting Development""; ""Societal Demand for Goods and Services""; ""Undeveloped Societal Demands""; ""Technology Transfer""; ""Indigenous Advances in Technology""; ""Infrastructure Development""; ""Support By Key Individuals""; ""Government Support""; ""Supportive Societal Environment""; ""Adaptability and Responsiveness""; ""Diversity""; ""3 The Present Era: Managing Change in the Information Age ""; ""POSTWAR CHANGES IN SCOPE""; ""Expansion of Government's Role""

""The Information Explosion""""Accelerated Technology Development""; ""Global Business, Global Markets""; ""IMPACTS ON ENGINEERING""; ""Multiplying Specialties/Interdisciplinary Activity""; ""The Educational System""; ""The Professional Societies""; ""The Engineer as Employee""; ""Engineer as Corporate Employee""; ""Engineer as Government Employee""; ""Intensification of Social Issues in Engineering""; ""4 Engineering and Social Dynamics ""; ""FLUCTUATING SUPPLY AND DEMAND""; ""The Societal Demand-Pull Factor""; ""Mechanisms for Meeting the Demand""; ""Factors Limiting Supply Response""

""ADAPTABILITY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM""""Arguments For and Against Specialization""; ""Alternative Approaches""; ""THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE ON EMPLOYMENT""; ""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""; ""HOW WELL IS THE SYSTEM WORKING?""; ""Does the Supply Meet the Demand?""; ""Is the Quality of the ""Product"" Adequate?""

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