Decisions On Technology - Techniques and Policies

Ayers R. , Technological Forecasting and Long Term Planning, ( McGraw Hill 1969).

Cetron M. , Technological Forecasting — a practical approach , ( Gordon and Breach 1969).

Hetman F. , Society and the Assessment of Technology, (OECD 1973 ).

Jantsch E. , Technological Forecasting in Perspective, (OECD 1967 ).

Jantsch E. , Technological Planning and Social Futures, (Assoc. Business Programmes 1972), Chapters 5-8.

Medford D. , Technology Assessment or Environmental Harassment (Elsevier 1972).

Wills G. , Technological Forecasting, (Penguin 1972). A very useful account of the need for forecasting and its techniques. Suitable for most students.

Arnfield R. , Technological Forecasting (Edinburgh University Press 1969 ).

Arnstein S. and Christakis A. , Perspectives on Technology Assessment , (Science & Technology Publication 1975).

Bright J. , Technological Forecasting for Government and Industry , ( Prentice Hall 1968).

Cetron M. and Bartocha M. , The Methodology of Technology Assessment, (Gordon and Breach 1972). A few, thin articles on technology assessment.

Cetron M. and Bartocha B. , Technology Assessment in a Dynamic Environment, ( Gordon and Breach 1973).

Kasper R. , Technology Assessment (Praeger 1972). Articles on the history of technology assessment in the USA.

Science Policy Research Unit , The Art of Anticipation, (London, Robertson).

Stoker G. and Schumacher D. , Technology Assessment in the Quality of Life, (Elsevier 1973).

Teich A. , Technology and Man's Future, (St. Martins 1972 ). Papers on the US technology assessment 'movement'.

Wills G. , Technological Forecasting and Corporate Strategy, ( Bradford University Press 1969).

(i) Delphi

Bender A. , Delphi Study Examines Developments in Medicine , Futures, 1, 4, 1969 pp. 289-303.

Pyke D. , A Practical Approach to Delphi, Futures , 2, 2, 1970 , pp. 143-152.

See also: 1.1. pp. 148-156; 1.10. pp. 116-143; 1.3. pp. 226-234, 1.7 Chapter 2.4.; 1.14.

Chapter 6; 1.2. Chapter 5; 1.4. pp. 144-174; 1.6. pp. 198-210; 1.7. Chapter 2.1; 1.10pp. 57-94; 1.14.

Meadows D. Et al. , Limits to Growth, (Earth Island 1972, Pan Books 1974).

Mesarovic M. and Pestel E. , Mankind at the Turning Point , (Hutchinson 1975).

For further references on the above book see the SISCON units:

Braun E. and Collingridge D. , Science and Survival, 1975.

McCutcheon R. , Limits to Growth, 1975 .

Chen K. and Zissis G. , Philosophical and Methodological Approaches to Technology Assessment , Technology Assessment, 1975 , pp. 17-28.

pp.186-189.

Beller R. , Technique Ranks Space Objectives, Missiles and Rockets , Feb. 1966.

Landis R. , A Technology Assessment Methodology: Mariculture, ( MITRE Corporation 1971).

See also: 1.3. pp. 234-240; 1.5. pp. 87-91; 1.7. Chapter 2.3.

Chapter 5; 1.4. pp. 174-180; 1.7. Chapter 2.2; 1.8. pp. 211-230.

Jansen A. , Agriculture in Europe — 2000, Futures, 5, 5, 1973, pp. 438-448.

Kahn H. and Weiner A. , The Year 2,000, (Macmillan 1967).

Enzer S. , Delphi and Cross Impact Technique, Futures, 3, 1, 1971. pp. 48-61.

Enzer S. , Cross Impact Techniques, Futures , 4, 1, 1972 , pp. 30-51.

Gordon T. , Cross Impact Matrices, Futures , 1, 4, 1969 , pp. 527-531.

See also 1.3. pp. 241-247.

pp. 118-132.

Brookes L. , Forecasting as an Aid to R & D in the Nuclear Power Field, R & D Management, 4, 3, 1974, pp. 127-134.

See also: 1.2. Chapter 8.; 1.7. Part I; 1.8. Part I; 1.10 pp. 265-310.

Gray C. , Predicting Arms Race Behaviour, Futures , 6, 5, 1974 , pp. 380-388.

Jukes G. , The Strategic Nuclear Balance, Futures , 2, 4, 1970 , pp. 363-372.

Bailey R. , Traditional Energy, Futures, 4, 2, 1972, pp. 103-104.

Day G. , The Prospects for Synthetic Oil in the U.K, Futures , 4, 6, 1972 , pp, 331-343.

McHale J. , World Energy Resources in the Future, Futures , 1, 1, 1969 , pp. 4-13.

Bouladon G. , Technological Forecasting and Transport , Futures, 2, 1, 1970, pp. 15-23.

Day L. , An Assessment of Travel/Communications Substitutability, Futures, 5, 6, 1973, pp. 559-572.

Hupkes G. , The Future of the Motor Car, Futures , 5, 5, 1973 , pp. 457-468.

Borgitrom G. , The World Food Crisis, Futures, 1, 1, 1970, pp. 339-355.

McLean M. and Hopkins M. , Probiems of World Food and Agriculture, Futures , 6, 4, 1974 , pp. 309-318.

Vickers G. , Population Policy — its scope and limits , Futures, 6, 5, 1974, pp. 317-379.