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The Principles of Sociotechnical Design

Cherns, Albert·1976·Human Relations

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  • Organizations perform better when their design jointly optimizes the social systems and the technical system.

    “Our research was guided by sociotechnical systems theory (STS : Cherns, 1976;Emery & Trist, 1978), which proposes that organizations perform better when their design jointly optimizes the social systems (i.e., the humans within and around the organization) and the technical system (i.e., technologies and mechanics supporting work processes) (Cherns, 1976;Emery & Trist, 1978).”

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Authors
Cherns, A.
Affiliations
Loughborough University (GB)
Corresponding author
Cherns, Albert
Venue
Human Relations
Published
1976-08
Volume
29
Issue
8
Pages
783-792
ISSN
  • 0018-7267 (ISSN-L)
  • 1741-282X
OpenAlex
W2132447236
Cited by
1,063
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 105 · 2025: 57 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 42 · 2019: 39 · 2018: 39 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 35 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 34 · 2013: 57 · 2012: 34
FWCI
14.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Human Relations (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Information Systems Theories and Implementation
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Ergonomics and Human Factors
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
Keywords
socio-technical design, job design, organizational design, human factors

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