International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development

The OVERALL MISSION of this journal is to provide a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organisations and society at large. At the same time it will provide a forum for considering the ethical issues linked to organisational change and development. It will encourage interdisciplinary texts that discuss current practices as well as demonstrating how the advances of - and changes within - technology affect the growth of society (and vice versa). The aim of the journal is to bring together the expertise of people who have worked practically in a changing society across the world for people in the field of organisational development and technology studies including information systems development and implementation.

We look to:

• To support sociotechnical philosophies for organizational change and development
• To advance the development and evolution of sociotechnical approaches in the context of changing technologies and organizations 
• To provide an interdisciplinary outlet for information systems and organisational development papers 
• To provide an outlet for qualitative and reflective papers 
• To provide an overview of the developing field by publishing reviews of important books and papers.

To accomplish this goal, the journal encourages: 

• The exploration of social and technical artefacts as they apply to change and development 
• Qualitative analyses of change and technical practices 
• Interdisciplinary approaches 
• Articles which describe new developments in sociotechnical thinking and practice 
• Debate by publishing contentious articles and articles which wish to argue or disagree with themes from prior issues

The journal wishes to publish papers that offer a detailed analysis and discussion on sociotechnical philosophy and practices which underpin successful organizational change thus building a more promising future for today’s societies and organisations.

Appropriate themes might thus include (but are not restricted to), a sociotechnical perspective on:

• Knowledge management systems 
• Systems failures 
• Implementation issues of change and technology 
• Design and technology development issues including requirements and stakeholder participation 
• Innovation 
• Knowledge sharing; 
• HRM issues for innovation and knowledge sharing 
• Technology and its role in society and organizations 
• Culture and trust within organizations and their relevance to technological artifacts 
• Critical success factors (and key performance indicators) for organizations and technological implementation 
• Organizational change 
• Performance and quality of working life 
• Information systems development 
• The influence of human factors on operational efficiency 
• The relevance of the worker’s perspective 
• Empowerment and team development 
• Managing organizational knowledge as a strategic asset 
• Using knowledge management principles to solve organizational performance problems 
• Learning organizations 
• Humanistic redesign and technological politics in organizations 
• Quality assessment of computer information systems 
• Social aspects of automation 
• Sociotechnical systems 
• Technological Forecasting and Social Change; 
• Technology in Society 
• E-government and democracy as affected by technological change 
• Applied Ergonomic

Audience: practitioners, academics, researchers, and students