In Pursuit of Technological Excellence

ERNST G. FRANKEL is Professor of Ocean Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He teaches both in the School of Engineering and at the Sloan School of Management and has wide industrial, public service, and academic experience. He is the author of seven books including, most recently, Management of Technology Change (1990).

• Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Issues and Problems of Engineering Leadership Societal Effects of Engineering and Technology Engineers and Leadership Engineers as Decisionmakers Managing and Organizing Engineers Engineering and Technology Development Engineering Education Engineering as a Profession Toward Technological Excellence Model of the Engineer of the Future Technological Excellence and Engineering Leadership The Meaning of Technology and Engineering Threats to U.S. Technological and Economic Leadership The New Engineer References Appendix A: Safety and Engineers Risk Aversiveness Appendix B: Code of Ethics for Engineers and the Role of Quality Management in Engineering Appendix C: A Nation Neither Prepared nor Committed to the Training of Its Workers Appendix D: On Contingent Fees and Self-Regulation Appendix E: Engineer's Liability Appendix F: Commercially Relevant R&D Index