Globalization, Engineering, and Creativity
Published on 31. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 57 pages
978-3-031-79930-3 (ISBN)
Description
The text addresses the impact of globalization within engineering, particularly on working practices and prospects for creativity. It suggests that accepted norms of economic activity create enclosures and thresholds within the profession, which-as engineers increase their awareness (reflexivity)-will shape the future of engineering, and the values which underpin it. It is aimed at practicing engineers and those in training and is an introduction to the social and political context currently setting new challenges for the profession.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VI, 57 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
140 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-031-79930-3 (9783031799303)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-79931-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
John Reader
Globalization, Engineering, and Creativity
E-Book
06/2022
Springer
€28.88
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Person
John Reader is a writer and social theorist in the UK. He has degrees from the Universities of Oxford, Manchester and Wales, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow. He has published a number of books and articles over the last 16 years. As well as working as a parish priest he serves as a board member on a not-for-profit housing organization, regularly visits a business based on scientific research in the global defence industry, and engages far and wide with the impacts of globalization on the lives of the people around him.
Content
Impacts of Globalization upon Engineering.- Who Runs Globalization?.- How to Interpret Globalization.- Prospects for Creativity.