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

摘要

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)