Elayne Coakes Livres

Undertake a research project for the first time with this guide which focuses on the organization as the most important part of business research and makes the subject enjoyable and accessible to all.

Follows on from Coakes's previous title "The New SocioTech". This title applies the principles of socio-technical design specifically to the area of Knowledge Management - KM. KM has been a key tool in ensuring that people and technology work together to optimum effect within organisations, but recent studies call for a more systemic approach.

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.