The Socio-Technical Systems (STS) perspective, dating back to the studies of Eric L. Trist and Fred E. Emery, was on the reading list of organizational behaviour classes in my undergraduate and master’s degree programs. It wasn’t until 15 years later, when I got involved with the systems sciences and David L. Hawk, that the Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) perspective became more prominent in my worldview. This emphasis is likely true for most audiences, where Socio-Technical is prominent, and Socio-Ecological is in the background or out of mind.
For the 10th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspectives in Information Systems (STPIS’24) scheduled in Jönköping, Sweden, for mid-August, I was invited to contribute a paper, My travel plans didn’t take me to the Nordics this summer, so the organizers scheduled me for a remote online presentation.
Since the STPIS workshop has official proceedings, my thinking was mostly on completing a manuscript, that is available as a preprint. The manuscript reviews the Trist and Emery histories, and then gets philosophical in proposing a shift from mainstream principles into a process-first approach regrounded with a postocolonial bridge to Classical Chinese foundations. My concern on the short presentation was getting a message across to workshop attendees, with only a short slot. My colleague Peter Bednar reported what I couldn’t see online.
… Read more (in a new tab)Dear David, thank you for your amazing and thorough presentation. It was interesting, and deep. I always learn something from your stuff.
The Socio-Technical Systems (STS) perspective, dating back to the studies of Eric L. Trist and Fred E. Emery, was on the reading list of organizational behaviour classes in my undergraduate and master’s degree programs. It wasn’t until 15 years later, when I got involved with the systems sciences and David L. Hawk, that the Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) perspective became more prominent in my worldview. This emphasis is likely true for most audiences, where Socio-Technical is prominent, and Socio-Ecological is in the background or out of mind.
For the 10th International Conference on Socio-Technical Perspectives in Information Systems (STPIS’24) scheduled in Jönköping, Sweden, for mid-August, I was invited to contribute a paper, My travel plans didn’t take me to the Nordics this summer, so the organizers scheduled me for a remote online presentation.
Since the STPIS workshop has official proceedings, my thinking was mostly on completing a manuscript, that is available as a preprint. The manuscript reviews the Trist and Emery histories, and then gets philosophical in proposing a shift from mainstream principles into a process-first approach regrounded with a postocolonial bridge to Classical Chinese foundations. My concern on the short presentation was getting a message across to workshop attendees, with only a short slot. My colleague Peter Bednar reported what I couldn’t see online.
… Read more (in a new tab)Dear David, thank you for your amazing and thorough presentation. It was interesting, and deep. I always learn something from your stuff.