This paper conducts a literature review to understand how people learn through self-organization from the lens of information and sociotechnical systems (IS/STS). Drawing from the IS/STS literature, self-organization is studied from the perspective of the collective behavior that emerges during...

Technology is an essential component of every modern society. Furthermore, new technological possibilities play a key role as catalysts and drivers of far-reaching socio-economic change. When seeking to analyze and reconstruct such transformations, such as in the context of case studies, for...

Discover the psychological tricks and techniques used by human hackers to exploit your personal emotions, traits, and digital behavior patterns in order to deliberately compromise information security. This textbook offers a playful and engaging approach to understanding how social engineering...

Introduction to social engineering : the human element of ahcking / Vishal Bharath, Gururaj H L, Soundarya B C, Girish L -- Social engineering : the information gathering phase in social engineering / Colin Lobo, Gururaj H L, Lalitha Bandeppa, Gurushankar H B -- Cyber security risks,...

Seit mehr als zehn Jahren werden die Problemlagen durch das Überschreiten der planetaren Grenzen zunehmend offensichtlicher. Sie verdeutlichen mehr denn je die Dringlichkeit und Notwendigkeit einer Großen Transformation, die strukturelle Veränderungen einschließt. Die Große Transformation,...

The purpose of this research is to understand how social capabilities and infrastructural enablers support technical capabilities for product development by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as a response to COVDI19, and to examine the above relationships between those using conventional...

We examine the microeconomics of using algorithms to nudge decision-makers towards particular social outcomes. We refer to this as "algorithmic social engineering." In this article, we apply classic strategic communication models to this strategy. Manipulating predictions to express policy...

This special issue provides a collection of 15 papers with modern theories and applications for circular economy, engineering projects, entrepreneurship models, and investor decisions. After the commencing review on Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards, follow papers which...

The transformative turn of innovation policy has resulted in calls for a more entrepreneurial and directional role of the state. However, the multiple roles that the state might play in such processes remain underexplored. This paper studies the embedded role of the state in four distinct modes...

Algorithms play increasingly critical roles these days. With the conceptualization of algorithms as a socio-technical system, this study investigates the algorithm initiatives in Korea in terms of opportunities, risks, and challenges embedded in their development. It analyzes the algorithm...

The field of socio-technical systems design emerged from action research studies conducted by researchers at the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations in the UK in the 1950s. The research focused on the interface of workers and technology, in an attempt to understand how the design of jobs and...

The modernist nation-building projects in Pakistan and Turkey have employed state law as an ideological apparatus and instrument of top-down social engineering to construct a new citizen identity of modern Muslims. These two Muslim-majority countries endeavored to reform the country's Muslim...

Knowledge sharing has multifaceted effects on organizations, such as improving work performance, among which creativity is apparently one of the most important parts. Nevertheless, the effects of knowledge sharing on individuals has not been paid attention sufficiently by previous research....

Social engineering refers to deliberate attempts, often under the form of legislative moves, to promote changes in customs and norms that hurt the interests of marginalized population groups. This paper explores the analytical conditions under which social engineering is more or less likely to...

Grundlagen und Theorie -- Risiken -- Faktor Mensch -- Social Engineering als Modus Operandi -- Verhaltensökonomie -- Befangenheit -- Lebenszyklus wirtschaftskrimineller Handlungen und Non-Compliance -- Kommunikation -- Erfolgsfaktor Handlungsfähigkeit.

This essay - published on the second anniversary of Mike Brown's shooting death in Ferguson and one year after the United States Department of Justice issued its shocking findings regarding St. Louis County's juvenile court system - urges skepticism regarding claims of ongoing system reform in...

"This book explores the theoretical understanding of the socio-technical impact of smart cities by promoting the conceptual interactions between social and governmental structures (people, task, structure) with new technologies"--

This study presents a case application of a socio-technical framework to assess and predict the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Korea. Applying a socio-technical system approach to the IoT, this paper seeks a clear understanding of how the IoT will evolve and stabilize in a smart...

New product development (NPD) is challenging, as it involves mastering new technologies by coordinating appropriate resources efficiently and effectively. Established models of NPD focus on structuring, planning and ordering the innovation process but do not account for complexity and...

This research in progress paper explores the role of technological deployment within the framework of standards adoption. Set within the context of a business school seeking and obtaining an industry recognized quality assurance standard, four information systems were deployed within several...

This study presents a case application of a socio-technical framework to assess and predict the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) in Korea. Applying a socio-technical system approach to the IoT, this paper seeks a clear understanding of how the IoT will evolve and stabilize in a smart...