Socioergonomics: A few clarifications on the Technology-Organizations-People Tryptic

TL;DR

This paper introduces socioergonomics as a new interdisciplinary approach supporting human systems integration in Industry 4.0, emphasizing systemic social properties and extending readiness levels.

Contribution

It defines socioergonomics, traces ergonomics evolution, and proposes an extended TRLs framework incorporating social systemic properties.

Findings

Introduction of socioergonomics concept

Extension of TRLs to include social systemic properties

Framework supporting human systems integration in Industry 4.0

Abstract

This position paper introduces and coins the term socioergonomics, considered as a sociological, ontological, and methodological support to human systems integration (HSI). It describes the evolution of ergonomics from early physiological to psychological to contemporary social sciences approaches supporting Industry 4.0 sociotechnical systems engineering. It presents a Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) extension to Organizational Readiness Levels (ORLs) and a departure toward a socioergonomics approach that includes systemic properties such as flexibility, separability, and emergent social facts.