Home of the Future and ICT - Integration of Professional and Private Roles

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 2-559-2-562
Author(s):  
L. Bradley ◽  
G. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
High Tech ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

The overall purpose of the research project concerns changes in future living and working conditions with emphasis on the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The objective of the reported pilot study has been to explore the US future trends of living and working from and at home at the increased use of ICT related services and products. “Homing from Work” and “Working from Home” are both key issues. The method has been explorative, using expert interviews with leading research institutes, universities, and high tech companies. A model has been developed for the analyses of the “Home of the Future” and factors effecting “What is a future Home?”. From the model problems are derived e g: What human needs and behavior are related to the home and home environment? What new behaviors evolve on the border between technology and human needs? What are the main social trends? What are the main hypotheses that could be phrased from an international comparative perspective?

Taming Platform Capitalism to Meet Human Needs

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald F. Davis ◽  
S.D. Shibulal
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
New World ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Software Platforms

We are witnessing the emergence of an information and communication technology (ICT)-enabled platform capitalism in which traditional corporations are being displaced. Railing against traditional firms to rescue capitalism would, under these circumstances, seem like misdirected effort. The “working anarchies” (e.g. Uber, Wikipedia) and “pop-up firms” (e.g. Vizio) of this new world use “labor on demand.” Here too there is risk that platform owners exploit their power and become rapacious. Yet, ICT can enable platform capitalism to create community-based, locally controlled alternatives to corporations and states. Cooperatives and democratic software platforms (e.g. Linux) must be important business forms in the future.

The future of travel

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Simon Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Travel Industry ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Travel

Most experts would agree that recovery from the COVID-19 crisis will be slow (see Figure 6.2), in large part due to the impact that the crisis has had on the global travel and tourism industry (Romei, 2020). Until there is vaccine, the virus will influence nearly every sector of travel from transportation, destination and resorts, to the accommodations, attractions, events and restaurants. The first section of this chapter looks at the future for these different sectors, a future heavily influenced by technology and a heightened emphasis on health and safety. The second part of the chapter focuses on a theme that has been prevalent in this book – the need for adaptability or ‘COVID-aptability’. Consumer demands and behavior will be permanently altered by the pandemic, and all stakeholders in the travel industry will need to adapt. One part of adaptability is redesigning servicescapes – a necessity for many after the lockdown, and this is the subject of the penultimate section of the chapter. The conclusion looks at lessons learned from this crisis.

scholarly journals ICT Uptake and Technology Linkages in Rural Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Juseuk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
High Tech ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

This report focuses on how quickly and creatively electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, particularly, two selected communities in Zambia as case studies. The report also shows ways in which communities are adapting information and communication technologies (ICTs). And this research is interested in studying how quickly electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, in particular, the Republic of Zambia. The impact of social networks is being used in dynamic, creative ways to not only spread business opportunities but to energize economies and society. They want to gather community and household information to understand the many ways communities are adapting these technologies. Their methods of adoption and adaptation of technologies do not resemble high-tech societies where governments support massive infrastructure projects.  For example, highly creative uses of low-tech cell phones are energizing commerce and spawning new ways of building creative solutions, making African countries some of the fastest growing economies in the world today.

scholarly journals Aplikasi Pembelajaran Berbasis Mobile Untuk Tuna Aksara

MATICS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irwan Padli Nasution ◽  
Septiana Dewi Andriana
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Multimedia Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Complex Models ◽  
Abstract Learning ◽  
The Impact

<p style="text-align: justify;">Abstract - Learning is a process of transformation that is initially not knowing to knowing. Has developed a lot of learning strategies from simple to more complex models even complicated and required a lot of tools in its application. Literacy is a basic of knowledge for humans.  They can read by improving their quality, which leads to the high intellect of a person. Especially at this time humanity has entered the information age. The phenomenon of globalization is happening now accelerating so quickly, as the impact of  application of Hi-tech society (high-tech society), which causes humans followed on interaction patterns very quickly. Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) could be developed multimedia teaching materials with the concept of learning by playing fun and implemented on a mobile based learning applications. The use of mobile devices that is easy and flexibility is very useful to support the learning process for the illiterate.</p>

Virtuality and the Future of Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 32-46
Author(s):  
Erastos Filos
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Socioeconomic Impact ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Organizational Patterns ◽  
The Impact

This chapter aims at drawing a picture of how organizations are likely to develop in the context of “virtuality,” i.e., following the impact of technologies relevant to the information society. Organizations will expand their traditional boundaries to form new organizational patterns that will allow them to adapt to the changing environment of the information society as well as to exploit the opportunities of a digital economy. The chapter, therefore, shows how research, in particular research that was supported under the European Commission’s R&D programs, has played a significant role in shaping these developments. The research aimed at developing the underpinning information and communication technologies as well as at understanding the business processes and the socioeconomic impact of virtual organizations. Although many of the features of this new organizational paradigm are still not fully understood, there is hope that organizations in the future will be smart in various respects and will develop in a way that maximizes the leveraging of knowledge and innovation.

The impact of information and communication technologies in fish consumption in Portugal: building a support for the coming generations

2020 ◽  
pp. 855-872
Author(s):  
Valentina Chkoniya ◽  
Ana Oliveira Madsen ◽  
Teresa Coelho
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Fish Consumption ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of Sale ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools in an extremely unstable and turbulent world, being a vital weapon in an era of electronic communication, full of unpredictability and entropy. Portugal is Europe's leader in consumption of fish and ranks third in the world. It is with this historical, economic and food galaxy interpretation of the world that we have decided to study the fish consumption supply chain in Portugal, distributing and analyzing 2 different surveys on purchase and consumption behaviors. 1393 respondents participated in surveys, one survey being for the general of the population and another one specifically for generations Y and Z. Being ICTs so vital to young people and being generation Y and Z the future in consumption, we have focused our study on how to build a support for the coming generations. To do that we have design communication strategies for fishing sector, including point-of-sale communication, underlining the issue of shopping experience, which in the case of young consumers is, very closely linked to ICT, based on creating sustained value for society underpinned by a relation of cooperation and proximity. Following Toffler's permanent adaptation survival rule, it is vital to the food supply chain (in our case, fish) to rapidly understand that the future of consumption is in the hands of the "Z/Post-Millennials" generation, meaning that product, place, price and promotion have been replaced by Ettenson's Solutions, Access, Value and Education.

scholarly journals Are Academics Driven by Managerialism? Governance and the Changing Role of Academics on the Way Towards a Knowledge Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Ulrich Teichler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
University Management ◽  
Governance System ◽  
International Discourse ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
International Comparative ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Changing Role

Changes in the governance system have been viewed as one of the key issues of higher education since about the 1990s. In many countries, the “managerial university” emerged accompanied by a controversial discourse about its strengths and about dangers implied. As academics are key actors performing key functions in higher education and as governance reforms increased the power of university management to steer academics, the academics’ perception of and response to the “managerial university” is crucial for its successes and failures. International comparative surveys of academics undertaken in the early 1990s and during the years 2007-2010 indicate that the modes of governance and the responses to these modes by academics vary more substantially across countries than the convergent international discourse suggests. Altogether, scholars’ views and behavior seem to have changed to a lesser extent than expected. The third comparative survey of that kind addresses similar issues, but additionally raises the question of whether strong footprints can be observed of the move toward a “knowledge society” with regard to the governance of higher education and academics’ views and activities.

How to Reduce Uncertainty in a Context of Innovation: The Case of IBM's Negotiation of its European Works Council

2004 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Le Flanchec
Keyword(s):  
Negotiation Process ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Reduction Mechanisms ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
The Status ◽  
Works Council ◽  
Uncertainty Zone ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Acceptable Outcome

AbstractUncertainty is one of the natural consequences of innovation. Regardless of the particular area, innovation leads to unknown situations ranging from the creation of high-tech new products to profound modification of economic and social structures. This uncertainty creates difficulties for negotiation processes because it becomes almost impossible to anticipate all the consequences of any agreement. Consequently, innovation tremendously enhances the uncertainty of a negotiator with regard to his own interests. Uncertainty about the opponent's interests and behavior is of course another major concern and has been dealt with extensively by many authors. This paper deals with the very different concept of uncertainty regarding one's own interests. It analyzes the impact of this form of uncertainty in the negotiation process, examining the 1997–1999 negotiations at IBM over the implementation of a European Works Council. We show that when a negotiator is uncertain about his own interests, he is less inclined to consider positions located in his uncertainty zone. This occurs as soon as he discoevers an acceptable outcome outside of this zone, even when the agreement is little differentthan the status quo. The negotiator will persist in such a strategy even though alternative agreements located in the uncertainty zone could be more advantageous for one or even both parties. In order to enlarge the zone of potential agreements between parties, a negotiator should undertake one further step: exploration of his own uncertainty zone. We demonstrate that the adoption of such a strategy, is innovative in and of itself, requiring a pro-active and creative attitude on the part of negotiators in order to discover appropriate uncertainty reduction mechanisms.

scholarly journals Social and educational environment modeling in future vision: infosphere tools

2019 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 02011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Shipunova ◽  
Lidiya Evseeva ◽  
Elena Pozdeeva ◽  
Vladimir V. Evseev ◽  
Ilona Zhabenko
Keyword(s):  
Educational Environment ◽  
Environment Modeling ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Peter The Great ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Future Vision

The article is devoted to the study of information and communication environment tools for constructing a vision of the future. The research methodology is determined by the information paradigm providing a general theoretical basis for rational explanation of orienting interactions in socio-technical environment / system. The information model of interactions management in a social environment is noted to be of code nature, which is typical of an indirect influence on contemporaries' consciousness. The infosphere tools for the future modeling are presented by their structural, functional and motivational aspects. In the context of social and educational environment modeling, one should point out the material needs driven by the market code and background knowledge transmitting the stereotypes of thinking and behavior. Further, the authors specify the role of the worldview and educational paradigm in the future modeling. The results of mass expectations monitoring are presented, such as dynamic analysis of social sentiment indicators in Russia, youth assessment of the university’s image and prospects for online learning. The study materials include data of sociological surveys among Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University students. In conclusion, the authors emphasize the need for mental protection of a person in the digital hyper-net, which transforms the infosphere of communication thus creating potential threat of community and mental structures disorganization.

scholarly journals CoVid Key Figures and New Challenges in the HoReCa Sector: The Way towards a New Supply-Chain

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6884
Author(s):  
Miguel-Ángel García-Madurga ◽  
Miguel-Ángel Esteban-Navarro ◽  
Tamara Morte-Nadal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Demand Forecasting ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Tourism Demand ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
The Future ◽  
Global Tourism ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Impact

The profound impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global tourism activity and the hospitality industry has rendered statistical approaches on tourism-demand forecasting obsolete. Furthermore, literature review shows the absence of studies on the supply chain in the HoReCa (hotel, restaurant, catering) sector from a sustainability perspective that also addresses economic and social aspects, and not only environmental ones. In this context, the objective of this article is to carry out a prospective analysis on how the changes in the behaviour of consumers during the pandemic and the uncertainties regarding the exit from the health emergency can give rise to social trends with a high impact on the HoReCa sector in the coming years and, specifically, how they will affect the HoReCa supply chain. In the absence of investigations due to the proximity of what has happened, public sources and reports of international relevance have been identified and analysed from the future studies and strategic and competitive intelligence disciplines. The HoReCa sector in Spain has been chosen as field of observation. This analysis draws the future of the HoReCa sector, describes the changes in customer behaviour regarding food and beverages, explains the changes in distribution chains, and reflects on the impact of potential scenarios on the sector. The confluence of all these changes and trends can even configure a new supply chain in the hospitality sector with the emergence of new actors and the increase of access routes to a new final customer for whom security prevails in all its dimensions: physical, emotional, economic, and digital.

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