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Social Subsystem
Concerned with social relations
(teams, knowledge networks),
reward systems, authority
structures, behavioral patterns,
culture.
Whole Work (System of Systems)
Technical Subsystem
Concerned with physical systems
(hardware, software, technology)
as well as mechanisms (e.g. tasks
and processes) to transform
inputs to outputs.
Joint
Optimization
External Subsystem
Concerned with the outside environment (users, customers, partners, stakeholders, society) with
which an organization interacts and seeks value exchange with through its product and services.
Sociotechnical System Context &
Systems
awareness
Illustration credit: Militello et. al.