Sociotechnical Theory

Tom Geraghty · Ecological Thinking, Organisational Design

Introduces sociotechnical theory — developed at Tavistock in the 1950s — as the framework for understanding organisations as complex adaptive systems in which social and technical elements co-evolve and cannot be improved independently.

Neighbours (9)

• Some Social and Psychological Consequences of the Longwall Method of Coal-Getting (paper)
• Collective Mind in Organizations: Heedful Interrelating on Flight Decks (paper)
• History of PS
• HOP
• Organisational Fabric
• The Principles of Sociotechnical Design (paper)
• Scaling PS
• WAI vs WAD
• Conway's Law