The social engagement of social science : a Tavistock anthology. Volume II, The socio-technical perspective /

World War II brought together a group of psychiatrists and clinical and social psychologists in the British Army where they developed radical, action-oriented innovations in social psychiatry. They became known as the "Tavistock Group" since the core members had been at the pre-war Tavisto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Murray, Hugh, 1919-, Trist, E. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1993]
Temas:
Social psychiatry.
Social psychology.
Psychiatrie sociale.
Psychologie sociale.
social psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Historical Overview: The Foundation and Development of the Tavistock Institute
  • Volume II. The Socio-Technical Perspective
  • Introduction to Volume II
  • Shaping a New Field
  • The Stress of Isolated Dependence: The Filling Shift in the Semi-Mechanized Longwall Three-Shift Mining Cycle
  • Alternative Work Organizations: An Exact Comparison
  • Productivity and Social Organization: An Indian Automated Weaving Shed
  • The Ahmedabad Experiment Revisited: Work Organization in an Indian Weaving Shed, 1953-1970
  • Characteristics of Socio-Technical Systems
  • Conceptual Developments
  • Designing Socio-Technical Systems for Greenfield Sites
  • The Assembly Line: Its Logic and Our Future
  • The Second Design Principle: Participation and the Democratization of Work
  • Socio-Technical Foundations for a New Social Order?
  • The Historical Validity of the Norwegian Industrial Democracy Project
  • Toward a New Philosophy of Management
  • Alternatives to Hierarchies
  • Designing with Minimal Critical Specifications
  • The Coming Crisis for Production Management
  • Principles of Socio-Technical Design
  • Socio-Technical Ideas at the End of the '70s
  • QWL and the '80s
  • Associated Studies
  • Organizational Choice and the New Technology
  • On the Collaboration Between Social Scientists and Engineers
  • Technology, Territory and Time: The Internal Differentiation of Complex Production Systems
  • Strategic Projects
  • A Learning Organization in Practice: M/S Balao
  • Action Research in an American Underground Coal Mine
  • The Limits of Laissez-Faire as a Socio-Technical Change Strategy
  • Socio-Technical Projects in the Canadian Federal Public Service
  • The Norskhydro Fertilizer Plant
  • Visual Display Technology, Worker Disablement and Work Organization
  • A New Type of Labor-Management Contract Involving the Quality of Working Life
  • Collaborative Action Research
  • Socio-Technical Unit Operations Analysis
  • The Nine-Step Model
  • A Socio-Technical Critique of Scientific Management
  • The Participative Design Workshop
  • Legislating for Quality of Work Life
  • Socio-Technical Action Simulations for Engaging with Engineering Designers
  • Work Improvement and Organizational Democracy
  • Nonroutine Office Work
  • Pava's Extension of Socio-Technical Theory to Advanced Information Technologies
  • A Brief Introduction to the Emerys' "Search Conference"
  • Contributors
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index
  • Backmatter

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