What is it about?
How the properties related to the social sciences emerge in socio-technical systems to become a powerful, determining force in system performance.
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Why is it important?
The dense web set up by the "ologies" dramatically impacts system performance, cannot be directly manipulated and is very resistant to change.
Perspectives
Systems engineering can be very tone deaf to the social science frequencies. yet they are essential in understanding socio-technical systems.
William Donaldson
Christopher Newport University
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This page is a summary of: In Praise of the “Ologies”: A Discussion of and Framework for Using Soft Skills to Sense and Influence Emergent Behaviors in Sociotechnical Systems, Systems Engineering, September 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21408.
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