In this fascinating book, historian of science Edward Tenner takes a fine-toothed comb to several realms of technological intervention and discovers a resolute pattern of "revenge effects, "paradox…
What's the next evolutionary step for forward-thinking management? Many companies have tried altering their business processes, and even their organizational structures, but most efforts have not r…
Spiral Dynamics introduces a new model for plotting the enormous economic and commercial shifts that are making contemporary business practice so complex and apparently fragmented. Focusing on cutt…
Course requirements include three brief map quizzes (10 percent of the final grade), a mid-term examination (10 percent), a final examination (30 percent), and twelve short (2 page) weekly papers (…
An advanced study of the theory, evidence and policy concerning urban areas and regions. Topics typically covered include: nature of regions and urban areas, size and distribution of cities, locati…
This course is the first of a two-semester sequence of courses in labor economics and industrial relations. The purpose of the course is twofold. On the one hand, the student should obtain a genera…
For the past few years, a growing chorus of concern has been raised over the way humanity is mistreating the earth and its environment. Animosity has traditionally existed between environmental adv…
This guide to object-oriented analysis has been updated to reflect recent advances in this still-evolving methodology. New material includes updated terminology and notation, finding classes and ob…
The use of computers in our society is accelerating so rapidly we find ourselves in the midst of changes as dramatic as those generated by the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth entury Compute…