Challenging American Leadership: Impact of National Quality on Risk of Losing Leadership (Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality)

This book examines the state of America’s socio-political system. It offers a critical review of America’s leadership approach, qualifications, and quality. It also evaluates the impact of challenges by emerging economic powers such as China and India. It looks at the effect of globalization on leadership risks, requirements, and challenges. America’s leadership may soon be challenged unless it recognizes the changing demands of the new globalized world. 1402048920......Page 1 Challenging American Leadership......Page 4 Contents......Page 7 List of Figures......Page 11 List of Tables......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 13 The 20th Century Stage for American Leadership......Page 14 Introduction......Page 20 The Need for an Economic Policy......Page 21 The Meaning of Economics......Page 23 Understanding Economics......Page 24 American Democracy is not for Everyone......Page 27 The Country of the Lonely......Page 28 America's Economic Environment......Page 31 Industrial and Technological Policies......Page 32 Factors of Economic Growth......Page 33 Politics and Economy......Page 34 Strategic Management of the Economy......Page 35 The U.S. Standard of Living......Page 37 The Impact of Human Behavior on Economic Systems......Page 40 American Performance and Productivity......Page 41 Capital and Labor Costs......Page 44 U.S. Immigration......Page 46 Energy or Fuel Use......Page 47 America's Economic and Trade Dominance -- Is it Real?......Page 51 The U.S. as an Exporter......Page 54 Foreign Trade Imbalance or Outsourcing......Page 56 The U.S.-Asian Dilemma......Page 57 Imposing our Principles on Others......Page 59 Economic Inequities in the U.S. Job Market......Page 61 Maintaining Economic Leadership......Page 62 Securities Markets......Page 64 The American Consumer......Page 65 Wealth and Value Creation......Page 66 American Industrial Developments......Page 67 The Problem of U.S. Underinvestment......Page 68 Investment in Technology Development......Page 69 Technology as an Economic Driving Force......Page 71 Working in American Industry......Page 74 Interpersonal Relations, Work Place Productivity, and Economic Impact......Page 75 The U.S. Pension Debacle......Page 76 Management of Technological Changes......Page 77 Management Structures and Incentives......Page 79 U.S. Corporate Pay......Page 81 Worker Morale and Work Ethics......Page 84 Productivity in America......Page 85 Quality Management......Page 87 Quality Control in Purchasing......Page 88 Contradictions of Competitive Bidding and Procurement......Page 89 The Decision-Based Industrial Organization (DBO)......Page 90 America as a Service Economy......Page 91 The Demise of the American Middle Class......Page 93 Inequity in American Society......Page 94 Economics of Disability in America......Page 95 Political Correctness and Organized Labor......Page 96 American Economic Prospects......Page 97 The U.S. as A Post-Industrial Society......Page 98 An Environment for Economic Success......Page 99 American Social and Economic Developments......Page 101 Tax Burdens and Economic Incentives......Page 102 Effectiveness and Cost of Government Regulation......Page 103 Government Budget-Making and Budgetary Needs......Page 104 Government Spending......Page 105 The National Debt Problem......Page 107 A Welfare System which Discourages Workand Encourages Fraud......Page 110 The Scourge of the Unemployed......Page 111 The Business of Government......Page 112 Government Failure......Page 114 Welfare, Workfare, and Unemployment......Page 115 Economic and Social Impact of Longevity......Page 116 The Twentieth Century Revolution in Technology and Social Structure......Page 117 The Most Important Global Problem......Page 118 Discouraging Job Growth......Page 120 Misplaced Agricultural Support......Page 121 Nuclear Waste Peril and Future Economic Costs......Page 122 Renewable Energy Use Developments......Page 123 Impact and Future Role of the Internet......Page 125 Stick Built Housing......Page 127 American Income Distribution......Page 128 Environmental Protection Quagmire......Page 129 The American Worker......Page 132 American Education......Page 133 Law Enforcement Costs......Page 135 Economic Prospects and Challenges......Page 138 Claims to World Leadership......Page 140 The New America......Page 141 America's Business and Financial Leadership......Page 144 America's Identity Crisis......Page 146 American Moral and Spiritual Leadership......Page 148 Financial Management......Page 149 The Making of Leaders......Page 150 American Contradictions and Hypocrisy......Page 152 Sovereignty and Human Rights......Page 153 American Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 154 Managing American Leadership......Page 157 Impact of Technological Change......Page 158 Ethnic Integration......Page 159 The War on Terror......Page 160 Deficits and Public Debt......Page 161 America's Health Care Leadership......Page 162 The Right to Leadership......Page 163 Democracy in Action......Page 164 Advancing Democracy......Page 165 American Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 167 Challenging American Leadership......Page 169 Growing Asian Dominance......Page 171 Asian Road to Economic Success......Page 180 America's Mistaken Self-Perception......Page 188 America's Economic Challenges......Page 192 Impact of Globalization and Outsourcing on Economic Leadership......Page 195 Factors Determining Leadership......Page 197 America's Leadership Role......Page 198 The Electronic Challenges to the AmericanService Economy......Page 200 American Creativity and its Role in Perpetuating Leadership......Page 201 The New Brain Drain and Reaction......Page 202 Repositioning America in the Public Eye......Page 204 Can Europe Again Become a World Leader?......Page 205 America's Changing Image......Page 207 Leading into the Future......Page 211 Managing Risks......Page 212 India's Emerging Economy and Leadership Potential......Page 216 China's Rebirth and Thrust TowardsGlobal Economic Power......Page 220 Leadership Challenges......Page 225 Problems in Maintaining American Leadership......Page 229 Leadership Quality......Page 239 Towards a Better, Fairer Globalized World......Page 241 What the World Needs......Page 247 Can America Deliver?......Page 252 Who Will Lead in Future......Page 256 Bibliography......Page 259 References......Page 260 Index......Page 261 After leading the world during most of the 20th century in economic, political, technological, military, and even social terms, America's role is now being challenged. Its values questioned, and its methods often disparaged, America had become the clear example to be followed or even copied, yet its more recent strategic and political decisions gained little international support and a lot of outright opposition. The quality of its national planning and decision making has been severely compromised, and risk management appears to be largely absent. India and China are now emerging as new economic powers, with advancing technological prowess. Their focus is on socioeconomic development, but their capabilities and potentials are much broader and may challenge America's leadership before long, unless it recognizes the changing demands of the new wide open globalized world.