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There is broad agreement that socio-technical approaches to systems analysis and design have not been used to their full potential in the information systems field. There are also a number of trends in information systems development (ISD) that might generate opportunities for greater usage of socio-technical approaches.
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Alter, S., Korpela, M., Petkov, D., Russo, N. (2011). Will Current Trends in Information Systems Development Lead to More Visible Usage of Socio-technical Approaches?. In: Chiasson, M., Henfridsson, O., Karsten, H., DeGross, J.I. (eds) Researching the Future in Information Systems. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 356. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21364-9_20
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