The coming crisis for production management: technology and organization

Davis, Louis E.

doi:10.1080/00207547108929862

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“…During the 1960s and 1970s, work within STS focused on issues such as the impact of new technology on work organisation and jobs (e.g. Davis 1971 ) and its impact on the quality of working life (e.g. Davis and Trist 1974 ; Taylor 1977 ).…”

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Defining the methodological challenges and opportunities for an effective science of sociotechnical systems and safety

et al. 2015

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An important part of the application of sociotechnical systems theory (STS) is the development of methods, tools and techniques to assess human factors and ergonomics workplace requirements. We focus in this paper on describing and evaluating current STS methods for workplace safety, as well as outlining a set of six case studies covering the application of these methods to a range of safety contexts. We also describe an evaluation of the methods in terms of ratings of their ability to address a set of theoretical and practical questions (e.g. the degree to which methods capture static/dynamic aspects of tasks and interactions between system levels). The outcomes from the evaluation highlight a set of gaps relating to the coverage and applicability of current methods for STS and safety (e.g. coverage of external influences on system functioning; method usability). The final sections of the paper describe a set of future challenges, as well as some practical suggestions for tackling these. Practitioner Summary: We provide an up-to-date review of STS methods, a set of case studies illustrating their use and an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses. The paper concludes with a ‘roadmap’ for future work.

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Defining the methodological challenges and opportunities for an effective science of sociotechnical systems and safety

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“…Selfregulation was selected as the sec~nd key characteristic since self-regulation is commonly considered as the means by which teams can manage variations and uncertainties in their environment (e.g., Trist 1981). For example, Davis (1971) examined the impact of impending automation on workers and concluded that, to develop sufficient commitment among workers to respond appropriately to the stochastic events created by automated technology, sufficient autonomy on the job was needed.…”

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“…Completely overlapping workgroups should be introduced for motivational purposes when tasks are so routine that workers will be bored and task performance will suffer (Davis 1971). This is often an explanation used for the introduction of job rotation and job enlargement in the job design literature (e.g., Griffin 1982).…”

Section: Question 2: What Type Of Workgroup Is Needed)mentioning

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Towards a conceptual framework for specifying manufacturing workgroups congruent with technological change

Majchrzak

Gasser

1992

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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Using a congruency orientation, conditions most congruent for establishing successful manufacturing workgroups are proposed. In addition, a typology of workgroups varying in levels of task differentiation and autonomy is proposed. Finally, factors determining when each type of workgroup is most likely to succeed are proposed. Case examples using these propositions illustrate the utility of the framework for managerial decision-making when new technology is introduced.

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“…The second is the increased dependence of managers on shop floor employees for successful operation (Davis, 1971). Alternatively stated, there is an increased survival vulnerability of the organization stemming from inappropriate Social System designs.…”

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Progettazione organizzativa 4.0: verso una rivisitazione dei principi sociotecnici

Bartezzaghi¹,

Cagliano²,

Canterino³

et al. 2020

Studi Organizzativi

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L'adozione delle tecnologie 4.0 comporta, per molte imprese, l'attivazione di processi di riprogettazione dell'organizzazione. Su questo tema, la teoria dei sistemi sociotecnici ha proposto alcuni principi di progettazione, volti a massimizzare le prestazioni organizzative e al contempo a preservare o sviluppare la qualità del lavoro degli operatori. Attraverso l'analisi di tre imprese che hanno investito nelle tecnologie digitali e contestualmente riprogettato le loro strutture organizzative, il presente studio fornisce evidenze in merito a come i principi di progettazione elaborati dalla teoria sociotecnica vengano oggi declinati, mostrando la possibilità che questa prospettiva possa (ri)diventare centrale sia nella teoria che nelle pratiche manageriali.

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The coming crisis for production management: technology and organization

Cited by 48 publications

References 4 publications

Defining the methodological challenges and opportunities for an effective science of sociotechnical systems and safety

Defining the methodological challenges and opportunities for an effective science of sociotechnical systems and safety

Towards a conceptual framework for specifying manufacturing workgroups congruent with technological change

Progettazione organizzativa 4.0: verso una rivisitazione dei principi sociotecnici

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