HSE claims to turn complexity into an advantage, to ease innovation processes in organizations and to master problems rooted in negative emotions and a lack of motivation.
According to de:Lutz von Rosenstiel[1] the "lack of meaning" and conflicts between personal and organisational values systems is becoming increasingly a problem; people have not any more the feeling to "belong" to an organization if every relation is to be seen as a commercial interaction.
[4] From an epistemological point of view HSE refers explicitly to Edgar Morin's proposal to link sciences and practices [5] and to Jean Piaget's concept of "transdisciplinarity".
[6][7][8][9][10] As in a part of the Swiss academic system (University of Applied Sciences) Master Thesis' include applications of contents and learned skills, HSE is becoming increasingly popular amongst private or public organizations when resolving problems on the intangible side becomes critical for survival or for success.
[14] Several departments and academic programs at the Georgia Institute of Technology focus on Human Systems Engineering and related theory.