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Exercise: Make a Table that Describes the Socio-Technical System

15 January, 2016 - 09:08
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Directions: Identify the constituents of the Socio-Technical System. Use the broad categories to prompt you.

  1. What are the major hardware and software components?
  2. Describe the physical surroundings.
  3. What are the major people groups or roles involved?
  4. Describe any procedures in the STS.
  5. Itemize the laws, statutes, and regulations.
  6. Describe the data and data structures in your STS. Use the two templates below that fill in this table for energy generation systems and for engineering ethics in Puerto Rico.

Socio Technical System Table

 

Hardware

Software

Physical Surroundings

People, Groups, Roles

Procedure s

Laws

Data and Data Structures