A Balanced Sociotechnical Framework for Collaborative Networks 4.0

Authors
Publication date 2020
Host editors
  • L.M. Camarinha-Matos
  • H. Afsarmanesh
  • A. Ortiz
Book title Boosting Collaborative Networks 4.0
Book subtitle 21st IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2020, Valencia, Spain, November 23–25, 2020 : proceedings
ISBN
  • 9783030624118
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9783030624125
Series IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Event 21st IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2020
Pages (from-to) 485–498
Publisher Cham: Springer
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
Abstract

Our research question focusses on the complex networks of organizations of business partners that by exchanging data and sharing control collaborate for typical business or social objectives. We revisit such networks of organizations studied under the collaborative networks research area in a multidisciplinary attempt to construct a common balanced sociotechnical framework based on the interactions between social and engineering sciences. Our proposal discusses the collaborative network under the 4.0 following industry time frame classification, considering momentous evolution steps towards the digital. This paper presents and discusses research towards balanced sociotechnical concepts and definitions founded on previous studies with a recognized influence from social science and engineering systems. The paper further points out a strategy to validate the research in a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) case and, in the context of the HORUS project with BP Portugal.

Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62412-5_40
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