Donald N Michael
Biographic Data
| ID | 249185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald N Michael |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald N |
| FAMILY NAME | Michael |
| SIGNATURE | MICHAEL D N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arconic (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Some observations regarding a missing elephant
Some Observations with Regard to a Missing Elephant
What is happening to the human race is too complex, interconnected, and dynamic to comprehend. Acknowledging that we don’t know what we’re talking about carries significant implications for how we perceive ourselves as persons and how we conduct our activities. Unavoidable sources of our ignorance include the following: (a) too much and too little information to reach knowledgeable consensus and interpretation within the time available for action…
Is Humanity Destined to Self-Destruct? Our Predicament
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Future studies
Governing by learning
Leadership's shadow
Letter to John Rowan
Norms in Conflict and Confusion
Political conflict involves the conflict of norms, yet resolution of political conflict requires that the disputants share some norms about conflict resolution. This presents a problem at the global level, where no such shared normative framework exists. The world is increasingly interconnected, yet the peoples of the world continue to embrace ideas of separateness that are reinforced by their various normative systems. Six major "stories"-worldv…
On Thinking about the future
Based on 25 years of involvement, the author evaluates the generic characteristics of future studies, their usefulness, and pitfalls, with special reference to the perspectives of JHP readers. Future studies are necessarily based on no reliable theory of social change, no definitive historical referents, and on the inherent ambiguities of language. Psychological and cultural factors also shape content. Therefore they are ontologically and epistem…
Whatever happened to scholarly discourse? A reply to B. F. Skinner
With both feet planted firmly in mid-air
Aquarians Riding the Third Wave
Who Decides Who Decides
Peer Reviewed
Planning
Law and Order
The Unprepared Society
Technology and the Human Environment
Social engineering and the future environment
Social Technology
The Age of Automation
Some Long-Range Implications of Computer Technology for Human Behavior in Organizations
The Next Generation. The Prospects Ahead for the Youth of Today and Tomorrow
Who Needs People? Automation and Your Future
Clarity Begins at Home
Clarity Begins at Home: Four Domestic Problems for Americans Crucial to International Peace Donald N. Michael Donald N. Michael Peace Research Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 11, Issue 1, Summer 1963, Pages 24–29, https://doi.org/10.2307/798803 Published: 07 August 2014
Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs
The Unprepared Society
Governing by learning
Law and Order
With both feet planted firmly in mid-air
The Beginning of the Space Age and American Public Opinion
Journal Article THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE AND AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION Get access DONALD N. MICHAEL DONALD N. MICHAEL Donald N. Michael combines a doctorate in Social Psychology from Harvard with extensive graduate and undergraduate training in the physical sciences. As a member of the staff of the Brookings Institution he is preparing a program of research on the social implications of peaceful space activities under contract with the Nation…
Norms in Conflict and Confusion
Political conflict involves the conflict of norms, yet resolution of political conflict requires that the disputants share some norms about conflict resolution. This presents a problem at the global level, where no such shared normative framework exists. The world is increasingly interconnected, yet the peoples of the world continue to embrace ideas of separateness that are reinforced by their various normative systems. Six major "stories"-worldv…
The Social Impact of Bomb Destruction
Personality and Persuasibility
Clarity Begins at Home
Clarity Begins at Home: Four Domestic Problems for Americans Crucial to International Peace Donald N. Michael Donald N. Michael Peace Research Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 11, Issue 1, Summer 1963, Pages 24–29, https://doi.org/10.2307/798803 Published: 07 August 2014
A cross-cultural investigation of closure
Man-into-space
Some Observations with Regard to a Missing Elephant
What is happening to the human race is too complex, interconnected, and dynamic to comprehend. Acknowledging that we don’t know what we’re talking about carries significant implications for how we perceive ourselves as persons and how we conduct our activities. Unavoidable sources of our ignorance include the following: (a) too much and too little information to reach knowledgeable consensus and interpretation within the time available for action…
Leadership's shadow
Aquarians Riding the Third Wave
Social engineering and the future environment
Some Long-Range Implications of Computer Technology for Human Behavior in Organizations
A cross-cultural investigation of closure
Man-into-space
Man-Into-Space
MAN-INTO-SPACE: A TOOL AND PROGRAM FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL CHANGE Get access DONALD N. MICHAEL DONALD N. MICHAEL Dunlap and Associates, IncStamford, Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 3, FALL 1957, Pages 449–450, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/21.3.449-a Published: 01 January 1957
The Social Impact of Bomb Destruction
The Beginning of the Space Age and American Public Opinion
Journal Article THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE AND AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION Get access DONALD N. MICHAEL DONALD N. MICHAEL Donald N. Michael combines a doctorate in Social Psychology from Harvard with extensive graduate and undergraduate training in the physical sciences. As a member of the staff of the Brookings Institution he is preparing a program of research on the social implications of peaceful space activities under contract with the Nation…
Personality and Persuasibility
Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Human Affairs
Clarity Begins at Home
Clarity Begins at Home: Four Domestic Problems for Americans Crucial to International Peace Donald N. Michael Donald N. Michael Peace Research Institute Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Problems, Volume 11, Issue 1, Summer 1963, Pages 24–29, https://doi.org/10.2307/798803 Published: 07 August 2014
Who Needs People? Automation and Your Future
The Age of Automation
Some Long-Range Implications of Computer Technology for Human Behavior in Organizations
The Next Generation. The Prospects Ahead for the Youth of Today and Tomorrow
Social engineering and the future environment
Social Technology
Technology and the Human Environment
The Unprepared Society
Law and Order
Planning
Who Decides Who Decides
Peer Reviewed
With both feet planted firmly in mid-air
Aquarians Riding the Third Wave
Whatever happened to scholarly discourse? A reply to B. F. Skinner
Letter to John Rowan
Norms in Conflict and Confusion
Political conflict involves the conflict of norms, yet resolution of political conflict requires that the disputants share some norms about conflict resolution. This presents a problem at the global level, where no such shared normative framework exists. The world is increasingly interconnected, yet the peoples of the world continue to embrace ideas of separateness that are reinforced by their various normative systems. Six major "stories"-worldv…
On Thinking about the future
Based on 25 years of involvement, the author evaluates the generic characteristics of future studies, their usefulness, and pitfalls, with special reference to the perspectives of JHP readers. Future studies are necessarily based on no reliable theory of social change, no definitive historical referents, and on the inherent ambiguities of language. Psychological and cultural factors also shape content. Therefore they are ontologically and epistem…
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