Search for dissertations about: "sociotechnical systems"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 swedish dissertations containing the words sociotechnical systems.
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1. Sociotechnical system studies of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from energy and transport systems
Abstract : It is agreed that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from energy and transport systems must be reduced. Technical means exist to reduce GHG emissions from these sources. However, these emission-reduction measures are not implemented to a high enough degree. READ MORE
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2. Inertia in Sociotechnical Systems : On IT-related Change Processes in Organisations
Abstract : The introduction of new information technology (IT) in an organisation is one way of changing the conditions for how tasks and work processes can be designed and performed, as well as how people in the organisation interact with each other. Today, many Swedish workers rely completely on IT to be able to perform their jobs, while experiencing a combination of continuous and intermittent IT-related changes that affect this ability. READ MORE
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3. Emerging networks of power: Exploring sociotechnical pathways towards future electricity systems based on renewable energy technologies
Abstract : In the effort to fight climate change, electricity systems around the world are undergoing a transition from fossil-fuelled to renewable energy-based production of electricity. The transition can, however, be attained in several radically different ways, ranging from global or continental super-grids, via local smart-grids, to self-sufficient off-grid communities and households of electricity prosumers. READ MORE
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4. Evolving Systems – Engaged Users : Key Principles for Improving Region-wide Health IT Adoption
Abstract : Many countries have formulated their eHealth visions and billions of dollars have been spent on supporting the eHealth development throughout the world. An important part of the development is the electronic patient record (EPR). READ MORE
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5. Change and resistance to change in health care : Inertia in sociotechnical systems
Abstract : This thesis explores change and resistance to change of IT systems in organisations from a sociotechnical perspective. The work is drawing on empirical data gathered during two Action Research projects in Swedish Health Care: one regarding the deployment of electronic patient record systems within health care organisations, and the other regarding the deployment of eHealth services geared towards patients and citizens. READ MORE