socio technical system (STS)

Definition

An approach to complex organizational work design that recognizes the interaction between people and technology in workplaces. The term also refers to coherent systems of human relations, technical objects, and cybernetic processes that inhere to large, complex infrastructures. Social society, and its constituent substructures, qualify as complex sociotechnical systems. See Wikipedia

There are six aspects of a socio-technical system. Goals/Metrics People Infrastructure Technology Culture Processes/Procedures

Purpose

Distinguish from a technical system or a governance system

Criterion

Examples

A social media network, a cinema, an airport

Related concepts

Tags

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