On the Cutting Edge or the Chopping Block? Fostering a Digital Mindset and Tech Literacy in Business Management Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 362-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott J. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
Significant Change ◽  
Significant Attention

We are on the precipice of significant change in industry. Some have called it industry 4.0, and without significant attention, business management educators will be unfamiliar and underprepared—and as a result, they will not adequately equip their students for change. This essay explores the need for a digital mindset and tech literacy in business management education. The essay begins by examining why the need exists and continues by discussing some of the critical concepts that must be integrated into a business management program to better prepare students for the future of work. The essay concludes by sharing several pedagogical applications that can be incorporated into the material in the undergraduate or graduate classroom.

The Future of Product Design Education Industry 4.0

2019 ◽  
pp. 164-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Loy ◽  
James I. Novak
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Perspective Planning

When a society is undergoing transformational change, it is a challenge for all involved to step outside their immediate context sufficiently to evaluate its implications. In the current digital revolution driving Industry 4.0, the pace of change is rapid, and its scale and complexity can inhibit a proactive, rather than reactive, response. Yet if it were possible to return to the first industrial revolution, armed with twenty-first century knowledge and historical perspective, planning for a healthy society and the future of work could have been very different. This chapter aims to support educational leadership in the development of proactive strategies to respond to the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 to inform the future of work, industry, and society. This is framed through the lens of product design, with its unique position at the nexus of engineering and the humanities, and directly tied to changes affecting manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution.

Why Design Thinking in IT Business Management Program?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijayakumar Bharathi S. ◽  
Mandaar Pande
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Holistic Learning ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Management Students

The purpose of this research is to explain the goals and process of administering a design thinking course in management education with particular reference to MBA-Information Technology Business Management (ITBM) stream. The study is unique and contributes to the existing body of knowledge in two significant ways. First, from a qualitative perspective, it presents a detailed narration about the planning and execution of the design thinking course to techno-management students which is a rare find in the existing literature. Second, from a quantitative perspective, the design thinking learning experiences from multiple dimensions are presented through an empirical study administered to the students. We applied exploratory factor analysis to identify certain key influencers (constructs) for learning design thinking, namely adoption willingness, empathy, collaboration, ideation, holistic learning and problem-solving.

The Future of Product Design Education Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1666-1685
Author(s):  
Jennifer Loy ◽  
James I. Novak
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Perspective Planning

When a society is undergoing transformational change, it is a challenge for all involved to step outside their immediate context sufficiently to evaluate its implications. In the current digital revolution driving Industry 4.0, the pace of change is rapid, and its scale and complexity can inhibit a proactive, rather than reactive, response. Yet if it were possible to return to the first industrial revolution, armed with twenty-first century knowledge and historical perspective, planning for a healthy society and the future of work could have been very different. This chapter aims to support educational leadership in the development of proactive strategies to respond to the challenges and opportunities of Industry 4.0 to inform the future of work, industry, and society. This is framed through the lens of product design, with its unique position at the nexus of engineering and the humanities, and directly tied to changes affecting manufacturing in the fourth industrial revolution.

Understanding Industry 4.0: AI, the Internet of Things, and the Future of Work

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno S. Sergi ◽  
Elena G. Popkova ◽  
Aleksei V. Bogoviz ◽  
Tatiana N. Litvinova
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Internet Of Things

A Course on the Future of Work: Building the Scaffold While Standing on It

2021 ◽  
pp. 105256292098383
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Allen ◽  
Cynthia V. Fukami ◽  
Dennis P. Wittmer
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Future Of Work ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collaborative Discussion ◽  
Significant Change

We have entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Disruption is coming—in fact, it is here. New paradigms are forming, which will bring significant change to the workplace. It is unclear what changes will come to pass and what will be their ultimate impact on the workplace. But our discipline of management bears a deep responsibility to prepare our students for this future workplace in their role as employees and their roles as leaders and managers. In this article, we share our journey in addressing this rapidly emerging issue so that others may benefit from what we learned. First, we argue that the topic of the 4IR and the future of work should be a required part of the business school curriculum. Second, we detail the process we followed in developing a management elective on the 4IR, including our insights into developing a course in a relatively unfamiliar territory. Third, we end with a call for an ongoing collaborative discussion on approaches to teaching this new area from a management perspective.

The Future of Hospitality Management Programs: A Wakeup Call

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1203-1210
Author(s):  
Chekitan S. Dev
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Hospitality Management ◽  
The Future

Since the founding of Cornell’s Hotel School—the world’s first, and arguably the finest, collegiate hospitality management program—almost 100 years ago, hospitality management programs have served millions of students and executives worldwide and turned what was simply an occupation into a profession. Our programs are now in jeopardy of declining and ultimately becoming irrelevant. To secure our future, we must deal immediately and effectively with the threats to our existence and seize the opportunities to strengthen our programs. In this article, I present 10 trends that foretell the future decline of hospitality management programs and offer some suggestions to reenergize hospitality management education, research, and engagement.

scholarly journals Industry 4.0 and Smart cities: State-of-the-art

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 34-43
Author(s):  
Amel Becic
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The Future

Smart city is one of the most exiting industries of 21st  century. For this research paper the development of smart cities and its application is explored. The key results in this paper concerns what impact does industry 4.0 have on smart cities and with technological advancements what does the future look like for smart cities, how will they develop and how will they look in future. For this research the lastest research papers written on topic of smart cities were used, with industry 4.0 and research on integration of industry 4.0 into smart cities. The main result of this paper is to show the reader exactly what is smart city, what is industry 4.0 and how are they connected through modern cutting edge technologies.

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