Perceived Barriers and Opportunities to Engineering Technical Communication in Selected Air Force Organizations

Abstract

Once successfully used, mature (empirically proven) technologies are rarely diffused (remarketed and used) on subsequent systems. One of the greatest barriers to the diffusion of technology is a lack of widespread awareness that a technology exists. The objective of this research was to identify technical communication barriers and opportunities, as perceived by selected Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) and Logistics Command (AFLC) engineers, that affect the diffusion of technologies into their organizations. A survey of 86 selected AFSC and AFLC engineers was conducted in support of the above objective. Overall, the results of the study support the findings of previous research. Recommendations are offered to help improve the widespread awareness of (and hopefully the subsequent use of) mature technologies by defense engineering organizations. Keywords: Technology transfer; Information Exchange; Information transfer; Theses. (jhd)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215580

Entities

People

  • Alan W. Johnson

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Bibliographies
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Demography
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Personnel Management
  • Professional Associations
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design