The Center for Work, Technology & Organization (WTO) is a research center dedicated to studying work and its interplay with organizations and technologies.
Stanford’s Department of Management Science & Engineering founded the WTO to promote research about work and technology in organizations. Our aim is to help fill gaps in our theoretical and applied knowledge on how work is changing and how to design more effective organizations and technologies.
Our mission revolves around 3 core intentions
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To generate, synthesize, and compile knowledge on the relationships between work, technology, and organization.
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To disseminate and augment basic knowledge and theory by developing educational programs and assisting organizations in solving problems related to WTO's expertise.
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To build an extended intellectual community of people from academia, industry and government who are concerned with issues of work and technology.
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Our research is transforming how organizations manage change
All of our studies have managerial and practical implications. We teach executives and managers how to use these insights in how they manage change. We also talk to policy makers about how laws and policies need to evolve to keep up with the changing nature of work to provide economic security for the workforce
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