Modern organizations are defined using statements of vision. They claim that their vision in terms of human resources and technology, a socio-technical perspective. Modern organizations are defined also in terms of values. To learn new employees into the organization, the value system of employees with longevity in it. As organizations take on socio-technical systems as a reinforcement tool of their value system is the focus of this publication.
Values
In the economy, smallBy and large values of course, determine the company sets itself. Yukl (2006) defines values as key statements of an organization. The value is an ideological statement of what the organization considers important. Many values find their way into organizations, including customer service, innovation, satisfaction of internal and external components, and excellence. Yulk view of values suggests something deeper. Organizational values and value are the soul of competitive advantageCompetitive advantage.
Hill and Jones (1998) write of management values as statements about how managers are to behave and how they do business. Managers in high-performance businesses keep account with the stakeholders. Winston (2002) suggests that powerful leaders to accept the values of the organization as a result of the higher and more important.
System
Values of an organization (customer service, innovation, satisfaction) mean aOrganization is a system. Senge (1990) tells us that organizations are organic systems interconnected and interrelated subgroups. This suggests more than bricks and mortar structures, it suggests organizations of people, technology and social interaction. Technology is, according to Davis (1996), a "conceptual bridge between science and industry. This link give shape to manage such businesses. Conversely, Wren (2005) presents the view of technological change as disruptive to thesocial system of an organization. Use socio-technical systems to offer in order to dispel the disturbing nature of change.
Socio-technical systems
Lee (2000) explains the social socio-technical systems, like the attitude of ordinary people. It includes the relationships between people and their values and behavioral styles. He describes it as the formal power structures, organizational charts, using the traditional. However, he goes with the aspect of an informal powerStructure on the basis of influence and knowledge. The technical system makes the second part of the dyad. This system is, according to Lee (2000), "machinery, processes, procedures and physical layout."
A socio-technical system, briefly STS fused to the rest of this paper, people and technology. But this is far too simple definition. Some elements of STS are closely linked, so it is not easy to distinguish points within an STS as a purely technical orpurely social. Aldridge (declared 2004), STS approaches, such as organizational working groups as social systems and macro-social systems. A third level of the work is observed primary work systems. The primary work system for Aldridge is one or several work units involved in face-to-face work. Work units are working together and have the support of management, appropriate technology, resource and workplace specialists. Aldridge contains the writings of Trist (1981) in determining the macro-social systems,"... Macro-social systems include systems in communities and entire industries as well as social institutions" (Trist, 1981, pg. 11). The STS design in working groups is to increase the productivity of the group and increase job satisfaction by optimizing the integration with social factors and technical factors.
Elements of STS
According to an anonymous article on STS, the author explains some of the components into a functional socio-technical system integration.Explained separately, each component has its own character, but it is clear, is how closely linked and overlap each other.
• Hardware is computers and computer peripherals, the classic technique of the modern business world. Organizations today, not without some type of computer network is available, wires, routers and individual workstations.
• Software includes operating systems (Windows, UNIX, Apple, etc.). As technology advances, it becomes increasingly difficultseparate hardware and software. Software varies according to needs of the organization, but software allows companies to create data for storage on hardware devices. The software often runs out of the same hardware devices used for storage. Software facilitates social interaction by removing away the chance to pass each other in message almost in real time.
• Physical environment (physical setting) will help in determining the social and technical rules of engagement. Building with aopen floor plan and open desk arrangement allows an open social interaction among workers. To reduce building with offices, employee separation interaction. Manager with a small circle of office a secretary, a hierarchy of power guarded.
• People with names and titles, are an integral part of the culture of an organization's social environment. Within an organization, people roles they play, exercise positions which they operate, and ancillary products, roles that support them. As part of their role, theyuse its surrounds with hardware and software to support their tasks.
• Procedures defined operational procedures in an organization. The procedures are statements of rules and standards are formally written. Outside the formal written procedures statements unofficial relations with the flow of data and their relationships to each other. Procedures attempt to define culture in an STS, but the informal norms and practices are understood as important to the development of a STS model.
• Laws and regulations areto do something similar, but stronger public impose sanctions if violated.
• Data and data structures in STS include collection and storage of information of an organization. In addition, the element using the data, which includes reading, or the presentation.
An organization that socio-technical system supports the company as a Great Place to Work. More than that, STS is a key factor in initiatives to support the leadership, vision and values. Observed in 1949 in Britain,Researchers developed socio-technical systems in South Yorkshire coal mines. They saw the technological improvements in mining coal working with highly motivated, self-regulation and co-operated closely and productively than traditional work groups was combined with the same technological advances. Another observation was the self-regulating and cooperative teams were more cooperative with each other, several tasks are performed, rather than a man a job, and committed to Ortgeist(Spirit of the place) (Aldridge, 2004).
STS Applied Organizational
A recent Internet search found the statement by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Logistic Center of beliefs and commitments. Not all listed here, but these selected channels reinforces concepts of socio-technical systems.
• The results are - the logistics center runs constantly on results and success. We take questions about the closure, there are, despite all obstacles and opposition, and maintaining a high energy --Level. Our employees share slightly in the required time and effort to achieve results.
• Innovation - The future of the logistics center is only as long as it welcomes and rewards innovation, creativity, inventiveness, and secured. We recognize that "trial and error" as elements of innovation and continuous improvement. Innovation is the reason for the success of the logistics center was.
• Quality - We offer the best quality in all our products and services. Our goal isTo exceed industry benchmarks.
• People - people are our most important resource. We respect the dignity and value of their contributions. We invest in education and training to give our employees the tools to the logistics center is a world class organization.
• Teamwork and Cooperation - The logistics center provides a positive and challenging environment that fosters the achievement of mission objectives and support the team spirit. We are with our partnersCustomers, stakeholders, suppliers and are committed to union / management partnerships.
• Integrity and Openness - The logistics center values of trust, honesty, sincerity and openness in the relationship both personally and organizationally. We encourage our employees, ideas, express opinions and thoughts in an honest and genuine way.
• Corporate Citizenship - The logistics center values of a positive corporate image and corporate culture responded to our responsibility to theCommunity. We actively support and community involvement.
In creating the post-industrial organizations, STS helps leaders, that the activation constructs are empowered, which in turn enables and accelerates the strengthening of communication and learning and knowledge. To develop in the context of knowledge building and knowledge exchange, STS, through cooperation, a degree of flexibility allows working on the original work processes and competitive advantage.
Leaders role in STS
Davis (1996)Calls lead to successful leaders, as if the future is now. This is achieved means that the end product and not the processes of the product. STS employs the right people and the right technology support at the right time within a structure, the organizational values.
In an environment of rapid change, with a competitive advantage enabling organizational foresight. However, the forecast calls for maintaining core values. Socio-technical systems to support organizational valuesMaintaining organizational memory, and exchanged experiences. Memory and shared experience, where you have a view of the organization and must include all tracking on that vision. An organization with a strong STS standards used their technology to preserve history, to establish performance benchmarks, and develop knowledge and learning environments. Strong ability to demonstrate quality systems teams the opportunity to eliminate outdated practices during their stay within the initialValues.
Conclusion
Mentioned earlier, organizations are systems of interrelated parts with different skills and qualifications. STS, promotes the value system within an organization as people with skills, knowledge and skills. In addition, STS, working with the value system that provides workers with the necessary tools in the skills and knowledge to grow, and skills so that they can also be promoted. Members of self-directed teams are looking for new or improved capabilities within the STS andthrough its association with team members.
Self-directed teams to improve productivity and commitment to the team and organization in English coal mines in 1949 and self-directed teams continue to be productive and engaged. Therefore, an organization is busy socio-technical systems can continue to grow in the future, but hold on to make its historic past and the values of the group viable.
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