1133. Career Revolution in Aerospace Engineers

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Title1133. Career Revolution in Aerospace Engineers
Publication TypeConference Paper
Paper Number1133
Year of Publication1976
AuthorsDriver, Dr., M. J.
Paper Category16. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - ORGANIZATION
Conference35th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 24-26
Conference LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
PublisherSociety of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.
Date Published5/24/76
Abstract

We are currently experiencing what can be termed a “career revolution.” It has been traditional in American society for a person to train for a particular career or “vocation” and then spend one’s life developing as much within that career as possible. This type of career can be termed a “linear career.” Linear careers ended with status followed by retirement. People who deviated from linear careers were viewed as unstable, disloyal or incompetent. Too frequent job or career change was viewed with alarm, particu¬larly in people of advanced age.

The linear career seems rooted in traditional American values of achievement, reliability and loyalty. Yet there are signs that these values are fading. McClelland in the Achieving Society fears that America has passed its prime in seeking achievement. The Viet Nam war had raised profound questions about the meaning of loyalty. The Watergate case has led many to doubt the reality of reliability as an American virtue.

This erosion of traditional values is not necessarily leading to absolute chaos. On the contrary as Toffler in Future Shock points out, new values and life styles are emerging. In Toftier’s future world adaptability, change and variety are the new foundations of value. Galbraith in the New Industrial State paints a different world in which complex long-range planning and control are employed by professional elites to offset Future Shock. Maslow and other humanistic psychologists paint yet another world in which man constantly seeks to grow and develop his inner potential. In both the emerging worlds of Toffler and Maslow, careers are no longer stable linear phenomena. On the contrary, careers are vehicles for adaptation and growth, which means that frequent changes of work or even career paths are common. Such a career concept we will term “spiritual.”

Not only do values seem to be changing; one also senses changes in the very process of thinking. Psychology has recently discovered that men learn not only facts but habits of thought. These thinking habits affect our perception, our memory - our very decision making.

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