• DocumentCode
    815254
  • Title

    The courage to convert (engineers)

  • Author

    Gansler, J.S. ; Gracon, H. ; Brown, G.L. ; Schilling, D.L. ; Woollen, E.B. ; Polutchoko, R.J. ; Rogers, R.F.

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    68
  • Abstract
    Eight experts talk about the role of government, business, and engineers themselves in the process of converting from defense work to the commercial sector. Although the details of their views vary greatly, all agree that fundamental change is taking place and that government will have a major role to play.<>
  • Keywords
    personnel; business; commercial sector; defense work; engineers; government; Business; Costs; Defense industry; Design engineering; Manufacturing processes; Product design; Research and development; Security; US Government; Weapons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.177284
  • Filename
    177284