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The example you will consider next is the London 2012 Olympic Games. Socio-
technical theory is based on the idea that several elements on a project interconnect
and interact to create complexity (Clegg, 2017, p.4). These elements are:
people
technology
infrastructure
processes
goals
culture.
These elements connect in such a way that changing one necessarily involves a
change elsewhere in the system. In the socio-technical hexagon for the London
Olympics the elements are connected to each other as described below.
Goals
People
Buildings/infrastructures
Technology
Culture
Procedures/processes