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Showing 1 to 20 of 193 for “"Sociotechnical"”.
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Management of Complex Sociotechnical Systems
Sociotechnical systems (STSs) rely on the collaboration between humans and autonomous decision-making units to fulfill their objectives. Highly intertwined social and technical contextual factors influence the collaboration between these human and engineered elements, and consequently the …
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Systems Theoretic Process Analysis of Sociotechnical Systems
… HFE to improve the results of STPA analyses on sociotechnical systems. In particular, the process focuses on the thorough identification of causal scenarios in sociotechnical systems by incorporating relevant human factors concepts. The process allows analysts without significant training in HFE …
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Abstraction and application: complementary perspectives on sociotechnical systems
… While it offers insights into the mechanics of sociotechnical systems and informs design and policy interventions, these insights are inherently limited in generalizability and longevity as applications and user practices continue to evolve in ways that can transcend existing abstractions. …
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The junction: transcending sociotechnical divides through youth space
… as social infrastructure to transcend these sociotechnical divides. The concept of the sociotechnical denotes the synergy of a city's infrastructural systems and its social life. In this design dissertation this idea is explored at various scales: at the urban level, through a development …
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Empirical Investigation of Sociotechnical Issues in Engineering Design
… The theoretical foundation of this research is sociotechnical systems theory. This theory states that optimum performance is achieved by jointly considering the technical and the social subsystems. The application domain of the theory is called macroergonomics. A technical variable considered by …
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A New Framework: The Sociotechnical Approach to Nation Branding
… social systems to assess if the principles of Sociotechnical Systems Theory advance the theory and practice of nation branding. Following a mixed-method and mixed-model approach, using interviews, questionnaire and documentary evidence the aim of this work is to empirically investigate if the …
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Digital black boxes: apprehending fast and dynamic sociotechnical networks
… a world now dominated by complex and fast moving sociotechnical systems. This work considers the difficulties presented in even discussing such systems in an intelligible manner, especially given that many escape the immediate capabilities of human cognition to properly apprehend. Numerous means …
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A framework for sense-making of complex sociotechnical systems
… are often highly complex, large-scale, open sociotechnical systems, with strongly interwoven technical systems and social players within a dynamic environmental context that influences both social and technical spheres. Examples of such systems include online social networks, air and maritime …
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Patient Sociotechnical Assemblages: The Distributed Cognition of Health Information Management
… health information management as a distributed sociotechnical assemblage is the conceptual approach of this research. A distributed cognition perspective lends insight to drawing boundaries and establishing connections of personal health information management practices in conjunction with PHR …
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Sociotechnical matching: Furniture manufacturers at the peripheries of Chinese economic reform
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Infrastructural Imaginaries: Highways and the Sociotechnical Production of Space in Baltimore
… expands upon Sheila Jasanoff and San-Hyun Kim's "sociotechnical imaginaries" to address how proposed futures appropriate spatial environments and how people lived, understood, and conceptualize themselves within these emergent spaces. The framework of infrastructural imaginaries utilizes Henri …
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Sociotechnical complexities associated with the development of Building Integrated Photovoltaic fac̦ade systems
… The analysis contributes to identify some sociotechnical complexities associated with the development of BIPV systems. In addition, it characterizes different products' architectures based on their technical performance, technical complexity, perceived complexity, and exposure to subjective …
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Multi-Method Approach to Understand Pilot Performance in a Sociotechnical Aviation System
… (DC), allowing the cognitive aspects of a sociotechnical system to be treated as equally important as the organizational components. Also of interest was how pilot performance was affected by the introduction of nighttime and deteriorating weather conditions to this GA environment. Few …
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Modelling methodology for assessing the impact of new technology on complex sociotechnical systems
Developing complex sociotechnical systems often involves integrating new technology into existing systems by applying systems engineering processes. This requires an understanding of the problem space and the possible impact of the new technology. Systems engineering uses modelling to explore the …
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An Unsolicited Sociotechnical Intervention in a Public System: A Participatory Action Research Approach
… Research in a hostile setting. The thrust is a sociotechnical one, with the intent being to enhance the capacity of the Wallop Public School System, Wallop, USA, to address its problem of racial disparate treatment of Black children. The potential for Organizational Learning among the school …
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Sociotechnical imaginary and rationality : political factuality and public authority in Taiwanese energy politics
… energy transition. However, the dominant sociotechnical imagination in postwar Taiwan – developmental high modernism – manifests itself in tacit answers to the questions of what a better society should be, how technical choices should be made to achieve that goal, and what the most …
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A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of the Approval Process for a Complex Public Works Proposal
<p>This research applied sociotechnical systems theory to explore the process used by two elected bodies to decide upon adoption of a complex technical engineering proposal. The research used a modified sociotechnical systems conceptual framework that was developed by Pava (1983) for application to …
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A Sociotechnical Approach to the Study of Semiautonomous Work group Communication in Technical Organizations
<p>The sociotechnical aspects of group communication in semiautonomous technical work teams were investigated to understand how team members define "effective" group communication and what impact technical tools have on the group communication process. A team of workers with various technical …
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Sociotechnical systems in campus stormwater management: impediments and driving forces for refined sustainable systems
… post-development analysis. This is often due to sociotechnical factors which account for both technical knowledge and social influences. My thesis is a pilot study for a longer campaign in the dissemination of knowledge about campus stormwater practices. This project identifies campus exemplars …
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