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The New SocioTech

Graffiti on the Long Wall

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Elayne Coakes

    1. Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, UK

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  2. Dianne Willis

    1. Information and Communication Technology Section, Doncaster College, Waterdale, Doncaster, UK

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  3. Raymond Lloyd-Jones

    1. Career Plus — Gyrfâu a Mwy, Mold, Flintshire, UK

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  • Only book to cover the use of sociotechnical principles and practice in IS and organisational design

Part of the book series: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Tracing the Foundations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Graffiti on The Long Wall: a Sociotechnical Conversation

      • Elayne Coakes, Dianne Willis, Raymond Lloyd-Jones
      Pages 3-12

    3. Tracing the Roots: The Influence of Socio-Technical Principles on Modern Organisational Change Practices

      • Bjørn Erik Munkvold
      Pages 13-25

  3. The Writing on the Wall

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. Technology and Freedom: A Socio-Technical Approach

      • Enid Mumford
      Pages 29-38

    3. Searching for New Grounds in STS: Beyond Open Systems Thinking

      • Frans M. van Eijnatten, E. C. Lieke Hoogerwerf
      Pages 39-50

    4. Sociotechnical Perspectives on Emergence Phenomena

      • Angela Lin, Tony Cornford
      Pages 51-60

    5. From Socio-Technical to Critical Complementarist: A New Direction for Information Systems Development

      • Steve Clarke, Brian Lehaney
      Pages 61-72

    6. Socio-Technical Systems: Technique or Philosophy?

      • David Sutton
      Pages 73-83

    7. Sociotechnical Design and Economic Objectives

      • Richard T. Grenci
      Pages 84-94

    8. The Role of Socio-Technical Thinking in the Information Systems Curriculum in UK Universities

      • Brian Hopkins
      Pages 95-105

    9. Balancing at the Edge of Chaos in a Sociotechnical World

      • Kay Fielden
      Pages 106-115

  5. Transforming the Long Wall

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Information Systems Implementation and Organisational Change: A Socio-Technical Systems Approach

      • Margaret T. O’Hara, C. Bruce Kavan, Richard T. Watson
      Pages 149-159

    3. Virtual Dynamics and Socio-Technical Systems

      • Eliat Aram
      Pages 160-169
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About this book

Sociotechnical principles are now widely used around the world in both information systems and organisational design. First established in the 1940s to examine the effect of mechanised, mass-production systems on workers in the coal mining industry, they are now an important tool for ensuring that people and technology work together to optimal effect within an organisation. One of their main aims is the development of organisations where small groups work independently, handling sets of varied tasks, and managing their own activities.
The main features of this book include: Practical experiences of applying sociotechnical approaches from around the world; Focus on future directions for the topic and modern applications of existing principles; Contributions from leading figures such as Enid Mumford; A Foreword by Frank Land.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, London, UK

    Elayne Coakes

  • Information and Communication Technology Section, Doncaster College, Waterdale, Doncaster, UK

    Dianne Willis

  • Career Plus — Gyrfâu a Mwy, Mold, Flintshire, UK

    Raymond Lloyd-Jones

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