The design of a research tool for conducting research in a complex socio-technical system

dc.contributor.authorScribante, Naudé Pieter
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Leon
dc.contributor.authorBenade, S.J. (Siebert)
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-14T06:18:12Z
dc.date.available2020-05-14T06:18:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-12
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents research relating to the challenges of conducting research in a complex, socio-technical system. The result of this research is that a conventional research approach is fundamentally reactive and does not always produce the desired results when applied to such a complex, socio-technical system. The literature suggests that approaching the research from a problem investigation and problem improvement point of view will provide better results. This article describes the design of a research tool using a design science research methodology that can be used for such investigations and improvement identification and evaluation activities.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractHierdie artikel bespreek van die uitdagings wat ondervind word wanneer daar navorsing gedoen word in 'n komplekse sosio-tegniese stelsel. Die navorsing toon dat die tradisionele navorsings-benadering in n komplekse sosio-tegniese omgewing fundamenteel reaktief is, en dat dit nie altyd die gewense resultate teweeg bring nie. Uit die literatuur het dit duidelik geword dat n meer gewense oplossing is om die navorsing van uit n probleemondersoek- en probleemverbeteringsoogpunt te benader. Hierdie artikel bespreek die ontwerp van n navorsingsinstrument deur gebruik te maak van n ontwerpswetenskap navorsingsmetodologie. Dit kan gebruik word vir soortgelyke ondersoeke en vir die identifisering en evaluasie van moontlike verbeterings.
dc.description.departmentGraduate School of Technology Management (GSTM)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://sajie.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationScribante, N.P., Pretorius, L. & Benade, S. 2019, 'The design of a research tool for conducting research in a complex socio-technical system', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 143-155. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.other10.7166/30-4-2191
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/74574
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Institute of Industrial Engineeringen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020, South African Institute of Industrial Engineering. All rights reserved. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectDesign science research (DSR)en_ZA
dc.subjectSystems engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectComplex socio-technical systemen_ZA
dc.titleThe design of a research tool for conducting research in a complex socio-technical systemen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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