{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-the-21st-harold-a-linstone-9780791419502","title":"The Challenge of the 21st Century: Managing Technology and Ourselves in a Shrinking World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe population and technology explosions are shrinking the world to a system in which everything is interactive, forcing us to transcend traditional modes of thinking. In this book, the authors set forth the concept of multiple perspectives: technical, organizational, and personal. They begin the book with a multiple-perspective examination of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, a case that foreshadows the intensifying problem of managing hazardous technology in the coming decades. They then apply this approach, on a much larger scale, to the United States in the evolving global setting. Included in the discussion are issues such as the balance between short-term and long-term concerns and between individual and societal responsibilities. The interdependence and inseparability of the three perspectives is reflected in the focus on technological superiority, organizational rethinking, and imaginative personal leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will help managers and students in business, engineering, science, and policymaking break away from exclusive concern with the technical perspective and thus help prepare them for the challenges of a new era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harold A. Linstone,Ian I. Mitroff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791419509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791419502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.91w x 0.91d","brand":"Harold A. Linstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453386830079,"sku":"9780791419502","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c924442e-a0b5-4f3c-a38a-6ded1ecfd7da.jpg?v=1777299978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-challenge-of-the-21st-harold-a-linstone-9780791419502","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}