The author considers the relationship of the ordinary household furnishings, tools, and other objects found in his home to art and the making of art, both in the present and in the past. (IS)

After reviewing trends in industrial production, exports, and employment in the Third World since 1960, the author discusses industrialization strategies based on the local processing of raw materials for export. Such processing has proved to be a major factor in job creation. (Author/SK)

To be successful, leaders must understand the people they lead and the complex nature of the environment within which they function. Such contextual knowledge influences leadership styles and behaviors. While research has shown that intrasocietal contextual differences are associated with different styles and different degrees of effectiveness of…

Over the last five years, people have heard a great deal about something called the Knowledge Society. The term "knowledge" is appearing in places they would not have expected to see it a decade or so ago. The media is full of references to the knowledge economy and the knowledge revolution; business discussions now routinely talk about knowledge…

This second part continues the search for ways of overcoming the three limitations of the current intellectual and professional division of labor and its knowledge infrastructure, which were shown to be at the root of the present economic, social and environmental crises. A complementary knowledge strategy is proposed to counterbalance the trade…

Two principal speeches at the Conference were "The Educational Requirements of Working Life" (Paul Cherrington) and "Leisure as a Consequence of Economic Development" (Herbert Grau). Mr. Cherrington stated that adult education starts at about 21 years of age, has to do with experienced people, and is concerned with individual development and the…

One conference address and two reports on adult education in Zambia are presented. The address is entitled "Adult Education and Industrialization" and the reports are "Adult Education and Industrialisation" and "Adult Education and Rural Development," respectively. (CK)

A meeting held at the National Bureau of Standards is reported on. Topics included metrology, standardization, quality control, technology transfer, and technical management. (BB)

Examines trends related to exploration in the Arctic by considering: (1) technology and military strategies; (2) foreign policy and the Arctic; (3) Arctic industrialization; (4) the Arctic policy agenda; and (5) recent United States initiatives in this region. (JN)

Planned adult educational activities must regard the individual not only as a man of work but also as a man of leisure, freeing him to make choices in both spheres. (MF)

Fuller offers insights into the meanings of industry and technology and how they have acquired undeserved connotations. He examines capitalism, enterprise, and integrity as exemplified by Henry Ford and the consequences of the current lack of integrity in industry. (SK)

Discusses the history of federal support to vocational education from 1906 to the present. (JOW)

Asserts that much of the theorizing and research about social stratification and mobility is linked to industrial society, recommending that as industrial society gives way to knowledge society, a fresh examination of the material and cognitive foundations constitutive of new forms of social inequality is needed. Explains how knowledge as a…

Discusses a future that quite ordinary people can achieve, one with new social structures and relationships. Indicates that the community of the future must have a more compassionate and less competitive world perspective. States that international concerns must not overshadow the immediate environment. (JOW)

Discusses India's new direction and the persistent and insistent demand for public relations. Explains the strategic plan of the professional body in running the gauntlet in this new milieu and the pertinaciousness and urgency of the challenges ahead for public relations. (SC)