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Healthy Work in Distributed Organizations - Govers and Zee
- 1. 03/10/13 HEALTY WORK IN DISTRIBUTED ORGANIZATIONS Does Unity of Time, Place and AcGon MaIer? Dr. Mark JG Govers, PhD & Merijn Zee, Msc. 1
- 2. 03/10/13 1. Challenges and Sociotechnical view(s) on distributed work and organizaGons (30 min.) 2. Groups Discussion on Statements regarding distributed work and organizaGons (30 min.) 3. Plenary Dialogue and Wrap Up (30 min.) W O R K = P I V O TA L O F SOCIOTECHNICAL DESIGN 2
- 3. 03/10/13 W O R K = P I V O TA L O F SOCIOTECHNICAL DESIGN H E A LT H Y W O R K (quality of labor) CLOSE to EACHOTHER (in factories & offices), BUT NOT INTERRELATED in TEAMS to do a “COMPLETE” JOB (execuGon + control) AND ABLE to ABSORB UNCERTAINTIES and DISTURBANCS (interferences) 3
- 4. 03/10/13 SERVICES WORK more IMPORTANT in WESTERN ECONOMIES (less manufacturing) IT BECOMES more and more the CONTEXT in which we WORK IT potenGal danger of INFO-‐CRACY (bureaucracy triggered by IT – “invisabilty”) IT CREATES OPPORTUNITY TO BREAK: Gme and place as WITH IT we can WORK anyplace and anyGme 4
- 5. 03/10/13 When did Time and Place become Design Criteria for the Office? 3rd generaGon NETWORK ORG. 2nd generaGon PROCESS or MATRIX ORG. 1st generaGon FUNCTIONAL ORG. 1890 1950 Taylorist office BurolandschaD social democraEc office Type writer Main frame ProducEon 1980 Stone & Luche, uche, “Your office iis ffice s where you are” you are” PC 1990 2000 Telework Casual office Regus business centers Laptop 2010 Seats2meet Spaces IGLUU PDA Internet Service Knowledge Netbook Ipad Cloud compuEng CreaEve Distributed Work PotenGal Danger of Unhealthy Work (bureaucracy triggered by flex work) 5
- 6. 03/10/13 workplace inter-‐ secGon Home inter-‐ secGon work & life workplace inter-‐ secGon Home inter-‐ secGon work life balance! 6
- 7. 03/10/13 ON A PERSONAL LEVEL How often do you check your business phone during downtime? year year year year Never 1 -‐ 2 per hour 3 -‐ 5 per hour 5 -‐9 per hour > 10 per hour (obsessive) TECHNO INVASION BREAKING OUT OF What do organizations lose? 7
- 8. 03/10/13 THEY ARE LOSING THEIR… Out of office Not at desk Break Meeting Telephone Desk work PC Study RHYTHM at desk not at desk and that’s when… workplace inter-‐ secGon Home inter-‐ secGon work is not so healthy 8
- 9. 03/10/13 WHAT IS OUR OPINION? Unity of Gme, place and acGon does not guarantee producGve collabraGon between knowledge workers The health and producGvity of work depends on how we organize teamwork/collaboraGon. Interdependence can be both good and bad! How can STS make Work in Distributed OrganizaGons more Healthy? 9
- 10. 03/10/13 1. What tools/models/approaches do you recommend for a parGcipaGve design of healthy and innovaGve organizaGons AnyEme/Anyplace? 2. How do they differ from tradiGonal organizaGon design pracGce? 3. How do we as a global community define and decide who are the experts and who are the informers for adaptaGon to a parGcipaGve design of healthy and innovaGve organizaGons AnyEme/Anyplace? 10