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- adjective Having both
social /sociological andtechnical /technological aspects
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The term sociotechnical systems was coined in the 1960s by Eric Trist and Fred Emery, who were working as consultants at the Tavistock Institute in London.
The FASTForward Blog 2009
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What Professor Liles is describing here is what historians and sociologists of technology have come to refer to as "sociotechnical systems."
Forbes.com: News Sean Lawson 2011
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Shaping technology/building society: Studies in sociotechnical change, edited by W. Bijker and J. Law.
Philosophy of Technology Franssen, Maarten 2009
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As a final example, the sociotechnical systems approach to designing work now sounds very much like the relationship-oriented view of how to create a work environment.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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But people have been operating sociotechnical systems for thousands of years.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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But people have been operating sociotechnical systems for thousands of years.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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As a final example, the sociotechnical systems approach to designing work now sounds very much like the relationship-oriented view of how to create a work environment.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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As a final example, the sociotechnical systems approach to designing work now sounds very much like the relationship-oriented view of how to create a work environment.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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But people have been operating sociotechnical systems for thousands of years.
Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001
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These changes will challenge the basic values of the corporation as a sociotechnical system and, indeed, may threaten its survival as an economic enterprise.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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