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Socio-Technical Systems

In organizational development, socio-technical systems (or STS) is an approach to complex organizational work design that recognizes the interaction between people and technology in workplaces.

Some topics in STS

  • job design
  • task analysis
  • job enrichment
  • job enlargement
  • job rotation
  • motivation
  • satisfaction
  • autonomy
  • process improvement
  • self-managing teams

The term sociotechnical systems was coined by Eric Trist and Fred Emery, founders of the Tavistock Insitute[?] in London.



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