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Torraco, Richard J. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2005
Six theoretical perspectives on work design are examined for their contributions to our understanding of how work is organized and designed in organizations: sociotechnical systems theory, process improvement, adaptive structuration theory, the job characteristics model, technostructural change models, and activity theory. A critique of these…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Human Resources, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development