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... The time scale of events seemed to become shorter. In this context of increasing complexity and rapid change, four factors seem to stand out in their importance for the engineering profession: A great expansionof the role of government; arapidincrease in the amount of information present in daily life and work; the accelerating rate of technology development; and the internationalization of business and the marketplace.
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