Prototypes of 21st century management, especially for large scale enterprises, may well be found within the aerospace industry. The space era inaugurated a number of projects of such scope and magnitude that another type of management had to be created to ensure successful achievement. The challenges will be not just in terms of technology and its management, but also human and cultural in dimension. Futurists, students of management, and those concerned with technological administration would...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, MANAGEMENT PLANNING, PROJECT MANAGEMENT,...
Now that the National Commission on Space has set out bold goals and strategies for the American space program in the nest 50 years, how these visions can be turned into reality is examined. Since the Challenger tragedy and other space failures have brought about a crisis of confidence at NASA, innovations are necessary to rebuild public consensus and support. Initiatives by the private sector must promote the peaceful use of space by its exploration and industrialization. The faculty fellows...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), NASA PROGRAMS, SPACE EXPLORATION, SPACE INDUSTRIALIZATION,...
There is widespread public interest in and goodwill toward the space program. For NASA's plans for the next 25 years to be achieved, this public reservoir of support needs to be tapped and channeled. NASA endeavors have to reach out beyond the scientific, technological, and aerospace communities to foster wider participation in space exploration and exploitation. To broaden NASA support and spread out the financing of space activities, recommendations for consideration are offered in the area...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CULTURE (SOCIAL SCIENCES), PROJECT MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, CULTURE (SOCIAL SCIENCES), SPACE...
This action research by a management psychologist utilized insights and methodology from the behavioral science to promote planned, positive change in the Navy's criminal justice system. Specifically, the present phase of this ongoing investigation focused upon Marines assigned to five correctional facilities in North Carolina and Southern California. A 10-member team of behavioral science consultants tested two pilot 48-hour courses with 111 subjects at Camp Lejeune and Camp Pendleton. In...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Action Research, Adult Vocational Education, Attitude Change, Behavior Development,...
