Getting New Technologies Together

Studies in Making Sociotechnical Order
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-3-11-015630-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

Reihe: de Gruyter Studies in Organization

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Coordination of Ship Propeller Design: Technical Models and the Relation of T. Y. Draco with Queen Elizabeth ?I -- Chapter 2. Means of Coordination in Making Biological Science: On the Mapping of Plants, Animals, and Genes -- Chapter 3. Coordination in Military Socio-technical Networks: Military Needs, Requirements and Guiding Principles -- Chapter 4. Getting an Experiment Together in High Energy Physics: Big Plans, Big Machines, and Bricolage -- Chapter 5. Why Are Chickens Housed in Battery Cages? -- Chapter 6. Aligning Gender and New Technology: The Case of Early Administrative Automation -- Chapter 7. Expectations in Technological Developments: An Example of Prospective Structures to be Filled in by Agency -- Chapter 8. Boundary Maintenance and Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology in the U.S., 1945–1970 -- Chapter 9. Meaningful Boundaries: Symbolic Representations in Heterogeneous Research and Development Projects -- Chapter 10. Antagonistic Patterns and New Technologies -- Chapter 11. Getting Case Studies Together: Conclusions on the Coordination of Sociotechnical Order -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meulen, Barend Van Der

Disco, Cornelis

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Coordination of Ship Propeller Design: Technical Models and the Relation of T. Y. Draco with Queen Elizabeth ?I -- Chapter 2. Means of Coordination in Making Biological Science: On the Mapping of Plants, Animals, and Genes -- Chapter 3. Coordination in Military Socio-technical Networks: Military Needs, Requirements and Guiding Principles -- Chapter 4. Getting an Experiment Together in High Energy Physics: Big Plans, Big Machines, and Bricolage -- Chapter 5. Why Are Chickens Housed in Battery Cages? -- Chapter 6. Aligning Gender and New Technology: The Case of Early Administrative Automation -- Chapter 7. Expectations in Technological Developments: An Example of Prospective Structures to be Filled in by Agency -- Chapter 8. Boundary Maintenance and Radioactive Waste Disposal Technology in the U.S., 1945–1970 -- Chapter 9. Meaningful Boundaries: Symbolic Representations in Heterogeneous Research and Development Projects -- Chapter 10. Antagonistic Patterns and New Technologies -- Chapter 11. Getting Case Studies Together: Conclusions on the Coordination of Sociotechnical Order -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index