Innovative development of socio-technical systems

Abstract

Modern management of socio-technical systems is based on the principles of the classical ideal bureaucracy of Max Weber, formed many decades ago. Among the historically inherited problems of modern management, corresponding to the traditional development of socio-technical systems, the decisive factor is the bias towards the formalization of management. A person with untapped potential is pushed out of the management system. The subject is depersonalized and placed on a par with other elements of the model. This approach underlies the development of socio-technical systems, which can be called traditional. Innovative development requires the use of new management methods to unleash the potential of people. Among the subject-oriented approaches to management, we should underline the theory of intersubjective management, proposed by V.A. Vittikh. It could complement traditional management.