Organized technology : networks and innovation in technical systems
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Organized technology : networks and innovation in technical systems
(Science and society : a Purdue University Press series in science, technology, and human values, v. 6)
Purdue University Press, 1985
- pbk.
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Note
Bibliography: p. 253-264
Includes index
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From the Manhattan Project to the space shuttle, government-organized technological enterprises have proven to be vital resources. Their very size and complexity makes unprecedented demands on the organizational abilities of managers. Understanding them is a major challenge for social scientists. Organized Technology is a first step in meeting this challenge. The book is based on an intensive study of radioactive waste and solar cell research, two large-scale technical systems important to U.S. energy policy. Historical and organizational analyses are combined with results from interviews with a national sample of scientists, engineers, managers, policymakers, and public-interest advocates in a new approach to technology analysis that examines the interaction of government agencies, national laboratories, private firms, universities, regulatory agencies, Congress, and public-interest groups in the technology development process.
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