Progettazione organizzativa 4.0: verso una rivisitazione dei principi sociotecnici

Journal title STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI
Author/s Emilio Bartezzaghi, Raffaella Cagliano, Filomena Canterino, Silvia Gilardi, Marco Guerci, Emanuela Shaba
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/suppl. 1
Language Italian Pages 28 P. 179-206 File size 304 KB
DOI 10.3280/SO2020-001-S1011
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L’adozione delle tecnologie 4.0 comporta, per molte imprese, l’attivazione di processi di riprogettazione dell’organizzazione. Su questo tema, la teoria dei sistemi sociotecnici ha proposto alcuni principi di progettazione, volti a massimizzare le prestazioni organizzative e al contempo a preservare o sviluppare la qualità del lavoro degli operatori. Attraverso l’analisi di tre imprese che hanno investito nelle tecnologie digitali e contestualmente riprogettato le loro strutture organizzative, il presente studio fornisce evidenze in merito a come i principi di progettazione elaborati dalla teoria sociotecnica vengano oggi declinati, mostrando la possibilità che questa prospettiva possa (ri)diventare centrale sia nella teoria che nelle pratiche manageriali.

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Emilio Bartezzaghi, Raffaella Cagliano, Filomena Canterino, Silvia Gilardi, Marco Guerci, Emanuela Shaba, Progettazione organizzativa 4.0: verso una rivisitazione dei principi sociotecnici in "STUDI ORGANIZZATIVI " suppl. 1/2020, pp 179-206, DOI: 10.3280/SO2020-001-S1011