Decision-making for Technology Executives

Harold A. Linstone is University Professor Emeritus of Systems Science at Portland State University and editor-in-chief of Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Author and co-author of several other books in the field, he has 20 years of industrial experience at Hughes Aircraft Company and Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Dr. Linstone has also served as visiting Scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and Visiting Professor at the Universitites of Rome, Wasington, and Kiel. He received his doctorate in mathematics from the University of Southern California.

• The Usual Perspective and Its Limitations. Our Proposed Perspectives. Illustrations from the Public Sector. Illustrations from the Private Sector. Technology -- Risk and Assessment. Technology -- Forecasting and Planning. Looking Ahead -- Complexity Science, Chaos, and Multiple Perspectives. Guidelines for the User. Appendices.