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How is society influenced by engineering and technology? How in turn does society shape engineering and technology? This book from the National Academy of Engineering explores ways in which technology and society form inseparable elements in a complex sociotechnical system.

The essays in this volume are based on the proposition that many forces move and shape engineering, technology, culture, and society. Six specialists both inside and outside the field of engineering offer views on how engineering responds to society's needs and how social forces shape what engineers do and what they can achieve.

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National Academy of Engineering. 1991. Engineering as a Social Enterprise. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/1829.

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128 pages |  6 x 9 |  Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-04431-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/1829
Chapters skim
Front Matter i-x
Introduction 1-4
1. Systems Perspective 5-6
From Deterministic Dynamos to Seamless-Web Systems 7-25
Cultural and Sociotechnical Values 26-38
2. Organizational Perspectives 39-40
Business, Consumers, and Society-at-Large: New Demands and Expectations 41-57
Technology and Government 58-70
3. Practitioners 71-72
The Social Function of Engineering: A Current Assessment 73-88
Pondering the Unpredictability of the Sociotechnical System 89-100
Appendix A: Tribute to J. Herbert Holloman 101-103
Appendix B: Engineering 104-110
Contributors 111-113

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