2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Structural analysis of historical development of industrial technology from the viewpoint of theory of technology
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12680005
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
科学技術史(含科学社会学・科学技術基礎論)
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| Research Institution | Meiji University |
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Principal Investigator |
SANO Masahiro Meiji University, Faculty of Business Administration, professor, 経営学部, 教授 (70206001)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2003
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| Keywords | theory of technology / history of technology / history of comnuter technology / history of CPU technology / IT Revolution / theory of innovation / theory of technology constituent element |
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| Research Abstract |
For the purpose of building of the history of technology-totality, I have analyzed a structure of historical development of industrial technology from the viewpoint of theory of technology.
As the working hypothesis, I used the "appropriate function-range of technology" theory, which explains the reason why an old-fashioned technological system coexists with the new technological system in the same age.
As a case study, I firstly analyzed a Toyota's negative attitude for the digitization of "Kanban" system. Secondly I analyzed the technological character of the so-called "Information Technology Revolution" phenomena and its future development direction. Thirdly I analyzed the historical development of technology and business of the personal computer.
Through the research, I showed that the historical differentiation and recombination of four technology-constituents ----"power", "transmission", "work" and "control" ---explains the structure of the historical development of technology.
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