socio-technical system

an approach within ORGANIZATION THEORY, associated with the Tavistock Institute in London, which stresses that WORK ORGANIZATION has both a technical and a social dimension. In a study of coalmining, researchers found that the replacement of group working by MASS PRODUCTION methods had disrupted the prevailing social systems with adverse effects on JOB SATISFACTION. With the specialization of work tasks, miners had fewer opportunities for job rotation, and the cohesive work groups were fragmented. The researchers concluded that, to be effective, work organization should not be determined by technology alone but should take account of the prevailing social system. They found that several forms of work organization, each with its own social and psychological effects, were compatible with a given level of technology. It was thus possible to choose a method of work organization that was efficient and also provided benefits to the participants. See JOB DESIGN AND REDESIGN.

单词	socio-technical system
释义	socio-technical system socio-technical system an approach within ORGANIZATION THEORY, associated with the Tavistock Institute in London, which stresses that WORK ORGANIZATION has both a technical and a social dimension. In a study of coalmining, researchers found that the replacement of group working by MASS PRODUCTION methods had disrupted the prevailing social systems with adverse effects on JOB SATISFACTION. With the specialization of work tasks, miners had fewer opportunities for job rotation, and the cohesive work groups were fragmented. The researchers concluded that, to be effective, work organization should not be determined by technology alone but should take account of the prevailing social system. They found that several forms of work organization, each with its own social and psychological effects, were compatible with a given level of technology. It was thus possible to choose a method of work organization that was efficient and also provided benefits to the participants. See JOB DESIGN AND REDESIGN. AcronymsSeeship-to-shore
随便看	mammal family mammal genus mammalgia mammalia mammalian mammalian achaete-scute homolog 1 mammalian adenoviruses mammalian adp-ribosylation factor 1 mammalian adrenal gland mammalian-apparent long-terminal repeat retrotransposon mammalian brain mammalian card-containing adapter molecule e10 mammalian cell entry operon 1 mammalian cell gene mutation test mammalian development facility mammalian disintegrin-metalloprotease mammalian diving reflex mammalian dna-binding protein mammalian embryonic diapause mammalian enabled mammalian functional genome centre mammalian gene collection mammalian gtpase mammalian heart mammalian iap homolog c