The paper defines "interdisciplinary" and "interorganizational," identifies concerns in interdisciplinary and interorganizational work, develops an interdisciplinary/interorganizational framework, and analyzes problems and solutions in development of technology for physically disabled persons. (Author/DB)

Selected are three pioneers who invented the history of technology: Abbott P. Usher, Lewis Mumford, and Sigfried Giedion. Their careers, publications, and contributions to the history of technology are described. (YP)

The author discusses the macro level of analysis and focuses on the nature of work within the world economy. He examines the cultural characteristics of work, the dynamics of international economic relations, the transformation of international relations, geographical mobility, technological transformation and immigration, professional mobility,…

This article proposes a cost- and information-effective technology transfer model designed to overcome problems in technical education and training common to both sectors. The authors discuss three primary forces that are creating a danger in the specialized, applied science educational system, primarily because of a shortage of instructional…

This paper discusses the role of scientific and technical information as an important resource for effecting technological, social, cultural, and economic change within emerging Third World nations. The topics addressed in the course of the discussion include the role of science and technology in development, the transfer of technology from one…

United States scientists are being pressured by the government to cut back on scientific exchanges with the Soviet Union for both "natural security" and political reasons. Various aspects of the issue are discussed, suggesting that science itself will be the big loser in the government's shift of attitude toward science communication.…

Presented are a series of papers in which Mr. William C. Norris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Control Data Corporation, explores ways in which technology can be employed to solve many of society's problems. Papers included are: Technological Cooperation for Survival; Via Technology to a New Era in Education; A Policy for Export of…

To clarify the relationships among education, employment, and technological research, this study constructs a planning model based on these areas' component fields and their complex interrelationships. Emphasizing that little research has been done on the relationships of education and technology and that little understanding has been achieved of…

Discusses the impact of technological change on our society and the unique role colleges and universities can play in responding to and stimulating world change. (Author)

A study was done of the views of senior research managers in industry on the roles of business and universities in innovation, techical change, and competitiveness. This effort stemmed from an earlier set of roundtable discussions on university-industry research alliances and sought to add a stronger component of industrial views to an ongoing…

Claims that what is needed is not simply powerful and elegant technology but appropriate technology. Discusses the impact of tacit knowledge and scientism. Recommends the propagation and implementation of the ideal of an organic society, and the return to the ideal of liberal and moral education. (YP)

Discusses cooperative research and development between the United States and Japan. Describes the mechanisms and misconceptions of the Japanese cooperative research system. Reports past experiences involving cooperation and gives some suggestions for future activities. (YP)

This paper examines general systems theory as it applies to higher education institutions. Using this approach, the university is viewed as a system (comprised of subsystems) that interacts with the external environment. The first sections of the paper review general systems theory and its application to management, and examine some theoretical…

Policymakers and educators agree that technology education is crucial to the development of a technologically literate society that can compete successfully in the world of the 21st century. Technology education is the study of: the application of adaptive systems, including tools, capital, materials, processes, energy, information, and people;…

The policies and performance of the post-Mao Chinese government (1976 to the present) in the four modernization areas of industry, agriculture, science and technology, and the military are examined. Realizing that the program to modernize the economy of the People's Republic of China, which was initiated by Mao's successors in 1977, was much too…