# Primary work systems. These are the systems which carry o… - Eric Trist

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# Primary work systems. These are the systems which carry out the set of' activities involved in an identifiable and bounded subsystem of a whole organization - such as a line department or a service unit...

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Eric Lansdown Trist (September 11, 1909 – June 4, 1993) was a British psychologist, organizational theorist, and leading figure in the field of Organizational Development (OD). He was one of the founders of the Tavistock Institute for Social Research in London.

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# Internal regulation of the system by the group was thus rendered possible rather than the external regulation of individuals by supervisors.

Socio-technical studies needed to be carried out at three broad levels - from micro to macro - all of which are interrelated:

# Whole organization systems. At one limit these would be plants or equivalent self-standing workplaces. At the other, they would be entire corporations or public agencies. They persist by maintaining a steady state with their environment.

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