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8.1.1 Systems engineering of socio‐technical systems
Author(s) -
Ottens Maarten,
Franssen Maarten,
Kroes Peter,
Poel Ibo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2005.tb00736.x
Subject(s) - sort , systems design , system of systems engineering , computer science , systems engineering , focus (optics) , system of systems , computer automated design , engineering design process , sociotechnical system , requirements engineering , software engineering , engineering , knowledge management , mechanical engineering , database , programming language , physics , optics , software
In this paper we discuss how the increasing importance of socio‐technical systems affects systems engineering. We start with a clarification of the notion of systems engineering by distinguishing two ways in which engineering design is involved with systems characteristics: in the object of design and in the design approach. Next we focus on system‐like objects of design of a special sort: socio‐technical systems. After presenting two examples, we indicate several tensions between the systems engineering design approach and the design of socio‐technical systems.