Microelectronics and Society
For Better or for Worse
- 1 Edición - 26 de febrero de 1982
- Última edición
- Editores: G. Friedrichs, A. Schaff
- Idioma: Inglés
Through automation and miniaturisation, microelectronics has vast potential for thrusting society into a new phase. It promises to revolutionise the information handling aspects of… Leer más
Descripción
Descripción
Through automation and miniaturisation, microelectronics has vast potential for thrusting society into a new phase. It promises to revolutionise the information handling aspects of our lives. But to gain maximum benefit from this breakthrough, microelectronics must be harnessed to society's needs. To help this process a multidisciplinary group of authors has prepared a report to the Club of Rome on the likely impact of microelectronics on our futures
De interès para
De interès para
For general readers interested in societal change and particularly managers, trade unionists, social scientists and information technologists
Índice
Índice
(partial) Introduction: a new industrial revolution or just another technology?, A. King
The technology, T.R. Ide
The technology applied, R. Curnow & S. Curran
The impact on the enterprise, B. Lamborghini
The worker and the workplace, J. Evans
Microelectronics and macroeconomics, G. Friedrichs
A Third World perspective, J.F. Rada
Microelectronics in war, F. Barnaby
Information technology and society, K. Lenk
Microelectronics and world interdependence, A. King
Occupation versus work, A. Schaff
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 26 de febrero de 1982
- Idioma: Inglés
Sobre los editores
Sobre los editores
GF
G. Friedrichs
Afiliaciones y experiencia
German Metalworkers Union, Frankfurt, FRGAS
A. Schaff
Afiliaciones y experiencia
European Coordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences, Vienna, AustriaVer libro en ScienceDirect
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