Lamoraal Ulbo de Sitter (April 2, 1930 – December 18, 2010[1]) was a Dutch sociologist and Professor of business administration at the Radboud University Nijmegen, known for his seminal work in the field of sociotechnical system in the Netherlands.
After graduation in Amsterdam he worked as sociologist at the head office of the Koninklijke PTT Nederland, nowadays KPN.
Sequentially he was research assistant at the Sociografische Werkgemeenschap (Socio Graphic Work Association) of the University of Amsterdam.
This approach involves redesign of organization and change management theory, which was initially developed at the British Tavistock Institute in the late 1950s.
[1] Benders et al. (2010) recalled the development of socio-technical systems design since its initiation at the British coal mines in the late 1940s, and the development of Modern Socio-technology (MST) by De Sitter and others: And furthermore specifically about Modern Socio-technology (MST): Articles, a selection: