{"product_id":"technology-and-transformation-in-the-american-electric-utility-industry-paperback-9780521524711","title":"Technology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry (Paperback) 9780521524711","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTechnology and Transformation in the American Electric Utility Industry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book examines management failures in America's electric utility industry in the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard F. Hirsh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521524711, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 November 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 1.9 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...provides excellent documentation on problems associated with managing technology in a vital industry.\"   S. Shapiro, University of New Haven, in Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book illuminates the role of technological stagnation in the decline of the American electric utility industry in the late 1960s and 1970s. Unlike other interpreters of the industry's woes, Professor Hirsh argues that a long and successful history of managing a conventional technology set the stage for the industry's deterioration. After improving steadily for decades, the technology that brought unequalled productivity growth to the industry appeared to stall in the late 1960s, making it impossible to mitigate the economic and regulatory assaults of the 1970s. Unfortunately, most managers did not recognize (or did not want to believe) the severity of the technological problems they faced, and they chose to focus instead on issues (usually financial or public relations) that appeared more manageable. Partly as a result of this lack of attention to technological issues, the industry found itself in the 1980s challenged by the prospects of deregulation and restructuring.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment of financial support\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Progress and Culture: 1. Managerial and technological foundations\u003cbr\u003e 2. Establishment of a management culture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Manufacturers and technological progress before World War II\u003cbr\u003e 4. Postwar strategies of utilities and manufacturers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Utilities' role in technological progress\u003cbr\u003e 6. The mid-1960s: at the pinnacle of success\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Stasis: 7. Technical limits to progress in the 1960s and 1970s\u003cbr\u003e 8. Design deficiencies and faulty technology\u003cbr\u003e 9. Maelstroms and management malaise\u003cbr\u003e 10. Criticisms of utility research and development\u003cbr\u003e 11. The mid-1970s: near the bottom\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Accommodating Stasis: 12. Understanding values: the basis for a new consensus\u003cbr\u003e 13. The search for new technology\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Conclusion: 14. History and the management of technology\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographic note\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of engineering \u0026amp; technology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of engineering \u0026amp; technology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20engineering%20\u0026amp;%20technology%20%5BTBX%5D%22\"\u003eTBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019774972184,"sku":"9780521524711","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521524711i_98126241-c039-41d5-bf95-a6732d7192b2.jpg?v=1691368848","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/technology-and-transformation-in-the-american-electric-utility-industry-paperback-9780521524711","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}