The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology : The Socio-Technical Perspective (Innovations in Organizations Series)

✍ Scribed by Eric L. Trist

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 948
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The second of a three-volume set comprising papers by current or former members of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, a research organization (established in London in 1946) concerned with relating the psychological and social sciences to the needs and concerns of society. The contributions

✦ Table of Contents

THE FORMATIVE YEARS......Page 5
THE SEQUELDivision into Two Groups......Page 18
GENERAL OUTCOMESType C Organizations......Page 31
The Social Engagement of Social ScienceVolume II The Socio-Technical Systems PerspectiveINTRODUCTION (1)by Eric Trist......Page 39
Shaping A New Field......Page 64
Eric Trist and Ken BamforthThe Stress of Isolated Dependence (1)The Filling Shift in the Semi-Mechanized LongwallThree-Shift Mining Cycle......Page 66
Eric Trist, Gurth Higgin, Hugh Murray and Alec PollockAlternative Work OrganizationsAn Exact Comparison (......Page 83
A.K. RiceProductivity and Social OrganizationAn Indian Automated Weaving Shed......Page 116
Eric I MillerThe Ahmedabad Experiment RevisitedWork Organization in an Indian Weaving Shed,1953-1970......Page 151
Characteristics of Socio-Technical Systems 1Introduction to the Concept of Socio-Technical Systems......Page 177
Fred EmeryDesigning Socio-Technical Systems for Greenfield Sites......Page 208
Fred EmeryThe Assembly LineIts Logic and Our Future1......Page 224
Fred EmeryThe Second Design PrincipleParticipation and the Democratization of Work......Page 243
Fred EmerySocio-Technical Foundations for a New Social Order?......Page 263
Fred EmeryThe Historical Validity of theNorwegian Industrial Democracy Project1......Page 284
Fred EmeryThe Historical Validity of theNorwegian Industrial Democracy Project1......Page 293
David (P.G.) HerbstAlternatives to Hierarchies1......Page 343
David (P.G.) HerbstDesigning with Minimal Critical Specifications1Critical Specification Design......Page 358
Louis DavisThe Coming Crisis for Production Management1......Page 371
Albert ChernsPrinciples of Socio-Technical Design12......Page 389
Eric TristSocio-Technical Ideas at the End of the '70s1......Page 405
Eric TristQWL and the '80s1......Page 427
Associated StudiesIntroduction......Page 450
Gareth MorganOrganizational Choice and the New Technology1......Page 451
Lisl KleinOn the Collaboration Between Social Scientists and Engineers(1)Dynamics and Models......Page 474
Eric J. MillerTechnology, Territory and Time......Page 499
Strategic ProjectsIntroduction......Page 520
David (P.G.) HerbstA Learning Organization in Practice......Page 523
Gerald Susman and Eric TristAction Research in an American Underground Coal Mine1......Page 536
Eric Trist and Charles DwyerThe Limits of Laissez-Faire as a Socio-TechnicalChange Strategy1......Page 589
Bill Westley and Eric Trist.Socio-Technical Projects in the Canadian Public Service1......Page 627
Fred Emery and Einar ThorsrudThe Norskhydro Fertilizer Plant1......Page 657
Trevor A. WilliamsVisual Display Technology, Worker Disablementand Work Organization1......Page 683
Louis Davis and Stu SullivanA New Type of Labour-Management Contract Involving theQuality of Working Life......Page 720
Collaborative Action Research: Methods......Page 756
Fred EmerySocio-Technical Unit Operations1......Page 758
Fred EmeryThe Nine Step Model1......Page 774
Eric TristA Socio-Technical Critique ofScientific Management1......Page 792
Fred Emery and Merrelyn EmeryThe Participative Design Workshop1......Page 825
Hugh MurraySocio-Technical Action Simulations forEngaging with Engineering Designers1......Page 852
Eric TristWork Improvement and Organizational Democracy1......Page 875
Calvin PavaNonroutine Office Work1......Page 893
Eric TristPava's Extension ofSocio-Technical Theory toAdvanced Information Technologies1......Page 918
David Morley and Eric TristA Brief Introduction to the Emerys' "Search Conferences......Page 936
Contributors......Page 943

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