Quality of working life as a function of Socio-Technical System

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We are often more willing to develop and adopt new technology in our organizations and are much less concerned about the people at work, their social system and their work relationship Hence , their quality of working life mostly suffers. We often forget about their quality of working life in the glamour of sophisticated technology. Besides this, there are some other psychological needs and expectations of these people. We cannot simply leave an employee to perish if we really want an organization to proper. Similiary, we cannot ignore the organization to become sick if we are genuinely interested to have a vibrant society. But the essence of all is work and it is at the core of life. The author presents an empirical study designed to examine the effect of socio-lectural system on the quality of working life kof doctors in a premier government hospital. Altogether five units kwere selected randomly i.e. two each from Medicine andk Surgeryand one from orthopaedic surgery. The resultskl indicate that the mostk influential variable in predicting quality of working life of doctors is the technical-system. He argues that better socio-technical system along with better quality of working life will certainly offer best health services to the ailing mankind. He also address questions of methods and measurement, data used in testing majorhypo the ses and implications of the theory for future research figures tables and diagrams used in the text supplement the facts. The book includes a rich collection of literature and references on quality of working life as well as socio-technical system in a hospital organization . since the concept of quality of working life has been recently introduced in India this endeavour is likely to prove to be a milestone. The book will be found highly useful for teachers, organizational and behavioural scientists, T-group scientists, research scholars, health workers, as well as students of advanced courses in universities.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.M. Anwar Yusuf

Dr. S.M. Anwar Yousuf (b. 1950) did his B.A. (Hons.) (1967) and M.A. in Psychology (1969) from the Patna University. He was awarded Ph.d. Degree from the same university in 1989. He was awarded National Scholarship during Post Graduation period (1967-1969) and was selected for French Govt. Scholarship for higher Studies in Francek during 1974. He taught social Psychology to Sociology honours students for five years in B.N. College, patna, currently he is serving as Reader in A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, patna. He is life member of Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta and Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Madas, besides of some more organizations. He has authored a dozen research articles which were published in various Indian and Foreign Journals of repute. He also attended several seminars/Conference where he presented learned papers.

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Title
Quality of working life as a function of Socio-Technical System
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Edition
Ist ed.
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ISBN
817099604X
Length
xv+320p., Tables; Bibliography; Index; 22cm.
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