Five papers by researchers from the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center are reprinted from the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management. They represent a broad range of research, from exploration of new technologies to their implementation and effects. The topics include development and evaluation of a hand-held computerized training aid, testing of an automated survey technology, assessment of the impact of ...
This report is intended to provide training material for use by the Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness School and the Naval Postgraduate School to assist in training consultants in the redesign of organizational systems using the sociotechnical design method. It presents an overview of the sociotechnical system approach to organization design and redesign aimed at productivity improvement. Specific application is made to military settings. The report presents the theory, principles, and ...