Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industr

Klappentext This book examines management failures in America's electric utility industry in the 1960s and 1970s. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the role of technological stagnation in the decline of the American electric utility industry in the late 1960s and 1970s. Professor Hirsh argues that a long and successful history of managing a conventional technology set the stage for the industry's deterioration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgment of financial support; Introduction; Part I. Progress and Culture: 1. Managerial and technological foundations; 2. Establishment of a management culture; 3. Manufacturers and technological progress before World War II; 4. Postwar strategies of utilities and manufacturers; 5. Utilities' role in technological progress; 6. The mid-1960s: at the pinnacle of success; Part II. Stasis: 7. Technical limits to progress in the 1960s and 1970s; 8. Design deficiencies and faulty technology; 9. Maelstroms and management malaise; 10. Criticisms of utility research and development; 11. The mid-1970s: near the bottom; Part III. Accommodating Stasis: 12. Understanding values: the basis for a new consensus; 13. The search for new technology; Part IV. Conclusion: 14. History and the management of technology; Appendices; Bibliographic note; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: Richard F. Hirsh, Hirsh Richard F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.1989
• EAN: 9780521364782
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36478-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Mechanics, acoustics; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, United States of America, USA, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Electrical power generation and distribution industries, Electrical power industries