PART 1. The direction of change: 1. The present -- 2. The future -- The path of change: 3. The (First) Industrial revolution -- 4. Mass production & war -- The agencies of change: 5. Electronics -- 6. Cybernetics -- 7. Automation -- Atomics -- The evidence of change: 9. In the factory : automation -- 10. In the office : computers -- 11. In distribution -- 12. In transport -- 13. In power -- 14. In materials -- 15. In agriculture -- 16. In home and health -- The effects of change: 17. Competition -- 18. Research -- 19. Operations research -- 20. Social conditions -- 21. Management -- 22. Education -- PART 2. And Australia: 23. Introducing Australia -- 24. The challenge of technological change -- 25. Migration, population and the standard of living -- 26. The development of under-developed countries -- 27. The effect upon inflation -- 28. The balance of payments problem -- 29. Capital and public works -- 30. Defence and its implications -- 31. Government and its responsibilities -- 32. Taxation and its effects -- 33. The promise of raw materials -- 34. Research : the industry of discovery -- 35. Regional development programmes -- 36. The importance of small business -- 37. Labour : and arbitration -- 38. The challenge of education -- 39. Operation Australia