Sociotechnical in Organizations

Sociotechnical is the first contemporary management approach. Success in each and every organization comes when there is a balance between the social and the technical organizational systems. The social system of the organization is consist of, workers, their knowledge and skills, way of behaving, as well as understanding of the jobs that they do.

On the other hand, the technical systems consist of the resources that the workers require in order to complete the job to completion. These include: techniques, tools and devices. If both systems work together, there is a higher chance of it creating a result that the organization will benefit from. The approach means that employees are productive when they are given the right tools and prepared with the right knowledge to do the job.

Another contemporary approach to management is the quantitative management approach. The approach is based on the quality of an organization can tested by using math and other numeric techniques. Some of these techniques include but, are not limited to are forecasting, linear equations and test runs. By using this approach, managers figure out issues within the company helping them make decisions. There is also organizational behavior approach, which helps the manager monitor the employee behavior, interaction between the organization as well as the people within.

This approach is important in understanding the concerns of an employee, knowledge and skills. Managers can also monitor an employee's attitude attitude towards work and others, level of motivation, and organizational ability to adapt to change.

Environment impacts the organization and the organization also has an impact on the environment. The three environments that are important to an organization are the internal, macro and competitive environments. The environments and the open systems together are important components to the organization. The internal environment consists of what is within the organization and its impact. The internal environment are the managers, employees, and the resources that contribute to the the daily operations. The competitive environment is part of the rivals, the customers and the suppliers of the company. The macro environment includes the government or rules and regulations, the demographics, economy, technology as well as the social values.

Each one of the contemporary management approaches are relevant to the environments. If the internal environment provides the organization with structure that strong it will be easy to compete in the competitive environment. This is because each of the approaches takes into consideration all the elements that surround the organization. The success of an organization and the ability to make the right decisions is based on the element of the macro environment.