Achieving Sustainability through Macroergonomic Change Management and Participation

This article argues that sustainable development can be achieved through a conscious effort to work through people and organizations to drive change (bottom up strategy) at the societal and political, legal and global levels (top down). This will require a cultural shift that allows people and institutions to be receptive to change. Macroergonomic change management is a vital part of making this possible. Moreover, participation is a means for driving change because it has emotional and psychological components beyond the rational facts of sustainability.