Advancing socio-technical systems thinking: A call for bravery

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 2 Part A, 2014, Pages 171-180

  Davis, Matthew C ^a   Challenger, Rose ^a   Jayewardene, Dharshana N W ^b   Clegg, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowds; Prediction; Sustainability; Systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; JOB ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPLEX PROBLEMS; CROWDS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GLOBAL CHALLENGES; NOVEL DOMAIN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

SYSTEM THEORY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MASS BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIO TECHNICAL SYSTEM THINKING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS THEORY; WORKPLACE;

CROWDS; PREDICTION; SUSTAINABILITY; SYSTEMS;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GOALS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84889095455     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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