A socio-technical toolbox for business systems analysis and design

Peter Bednar; Moufida Sadok

A socio-technical toolbox for business systems analysis and design

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of a socio-technical toolbox (STT) based on a combination of methods from a number of contemporary socio-technical (ST) methodologies. The STT supports a pragmatic ST approach to organizational change practice and job re-design. It has been developed and used in practice in many different types of organizations over a period of many years. The use in practice of STT supports constructive learning and develops critical analysis skills of the students who will be future systems analysts or designers. It also improves companies' understanding of their job practices and enhances their learning about their business sustainability. Our findings show that these experiences of improvements are not dependent on the sector or the size of the involved companies and confirm the perceived usefulness and relevance of ST analysis in practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development (STPIS'15)
Editors	Stewart Kowalski, Peter Bednar, Ilia Bider
Publisher	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Pages	20-31
Number of pages	12
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2015
Event	1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 9 Jun 2015 → … http://stpis2015.blogs.dsv.su.se/

Publication series

Name	CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Volume	1374
ISSN (Print)	1613-0073

Conference

Conference	1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development
Abbreviated title	STPIS'15
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	9/06/15 → …
Internet address	http://stpis2015.blogs.dsv.su.se/

Keywords

Contextual analysis
Contextual dependency
Organizational change
Organizational excellence
Organizational learning
Socio-technical analysis
Systems analysis
Systems practice
Work design
Work related learning

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Bednar, P & Sadok, M 2015, A socio-technical toolbox for business systems analysis and design. in S Kowalski, P Bednar & I Bider (eds), Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development (STPIS'15). CEUR Workshop Proceedings, vol. 1374, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, pp. 20-31, 1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development, Stockholm, Sweden, 9/06/15. <http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1374/>

A socio-technical toolbox for business systems analysis and design. / Bednar, Peter ; Sadok, Moufida.
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Socio-Technical Perspective in IS Development (STPIS'15). ed. / Stewart Kowalski; Peter Bednar; Ilia Bider. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2015. p. 20-31 (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 1374).

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