scholarly journals Extent of Application of Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies to Enhance Tourism Sustainability: A Case of Selected Tourism Operators in Victoria Falls

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Prayer Moyo ◽  
Sibongile Manzini
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Victoria Falls

This study sought to analyse the extent of the application of Fourth Industrial Revolution techniques (4 IR) in the tourism sector of Zimbabwe using the Victoria Falls as a case study. The objective of the study was to analyse the effectiveness of 4IR technologies on the competitiveness amongst tourist operators and to determine strategies that could be adapted to improve the use of 4IR technological trends. A sample of 96 tourist respondents were used in the study, as well as 30 tour operators. The study also used probability sampling through systematic random sampling for tourists and non-probability sampling through random sampling for tour operators. The findings clearly showed that pre-travel technologies used by tour operators have enhanced tourists  choice of patronage. However, on-site technologies used by tour operators were limited acording to tourists who indicated that they were not satiesfied with the extent to which on-site technologies were applied. The reasons behind slow adoption of 4IR technologies by most operators  emanated from lack of managerial skills, lack of expertise and lack of desire to innovate. The study recommended that operators should urgently adopt the use of artificial intelligence, they should budget towards technological upgrading as well as installation of cyber crime security systems. Organisations should also invest in digital transformation.  

Accessible@tourism 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1444-1463
Author(s):  
Pedro Teixeira ◽  
Leonor Teixeira ◽  
Celeste Eusébio
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up

This chapter describes how Tourism 4.0 is a concept that combines tourism and the fourth industrial revolution, and although the literature in this field is very scarce, this concept has been explored in some research projects, such as the government-sponsored research project in Slovenian tourism. People with various kinds of access requirements represent a combination of challenges and opportunities for the tourism industry. Tourism 4.0 set up the main goals of making tourism accessible to everyone at any time. Therefore, this new phenomenon may have an essential role in the development of accessible tourism. The adoption of technological components in accessible tourism enables the development of a new technological solution that can facilitate access to tourism products for disabled people, contributing to the development of accessible tourism. The new term Accessible@Tourism 4.0 is the answer to the role of the fourth industrial revolution in accessible tourism, emphasizing the effect of Industry 4.0 components in the tourism sector.

scholarly journals Effect of Work Culture and Leadership Against Employee Commitments In The Industrial Revolution 4.0 Era

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 638-644
Keyword(s):  
Data Processing ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
Almost All

The era of revolution 4.0 is an era where almost all data processing transactions are connected to each other, so the decisions taken by a leader in the work culture of employees can be easily monitored. The objective of this research is to study the effect of work culture and leadership on employee commitment. The process of research was conducted at PT. Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. it has used case study methode. The samples of research were 105 employee of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. that were selected in a simple random sampling. The results of finding are: (1) there is a positively direct effect of work culture on employee commitment, (2) there is a positively direct effect of leadership on employee commitment (3) there is a positive direct effect of work culture and leadership together on employee commitment. Referring to these findings, the researcher could conclude that employee commitment is positively affected by work culture and leadership. Therefore, to maintain employee commitment, the organization has to apply the work culture and leadership. Finally, it should be concluded that work culture and leadership should be taken into consideration in generating the employee commitment

scholarly journals SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO ACTIVE LIFE. CASE STUDY: FEEDBACK ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNSHIPS STUDENTS OF „VASILE ALECSANDRI” UNIVERSITY OF BACAU

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
MARIA-CRINA RADU ◽  
PETRONELA SAVIN ◽  
VALENTIN NEDEFF ◽  
ROXANA GRIGORE
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Feedback Analysis ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Active Life ◽  
Life Education ◽  
And Training

At all stages of life, education and training are essential aspects of human development and key factors for economic growth, jobs, and social cohesion. High quality and inclusive training must be a main goal of our society, especially as we live in a very challenging period, governed by the fourth industrial revolution, that transforms economies, jobs, and the society itself. Because of this, the „Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau is involved as a partner, with other universities, in a project with European funding, that facilitates practical training of students at economic partners, to increase the employability of graduates and obtain feedback from employers to correlate the curriculum to the labor market. The current paper aims to present a case study related to the feedback offered by the students who carried-out internships at local economic agents, within the above-mentioned project.

Factors Influencing Port Terminal Automation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

2019 ◽  
pp. 244-277
Author(s):  
Indira Padayachee ◽  
John Mukomana
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Cargo Handling ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Skills Retention ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
It Skills

Port terminals play an integral role in the transportation logistics chain by providing cargo handling, storage, and warehousing services to a range of shipping lines, freight forwarders, and cargo owners. This chapter reports on a case study aimed at determining the challenges and limitations experienced with the current information and communication technology used in port terminals in Durban and examines how technological, organizational, and environmental factors influence port automation. A quantitative approach was adopted, and a questionnaire was designed to collect data. The findings revealed that adequate technology needs to be acquired, and the compatibility and complexity of the technology have the biggest influence on the automation of terminal ports in Durban. Communication with stakeholders and IT skills retention were found to be the most important organizational factors and customer readiness emerged as an important environmental factor influencing the automation of port terminals in Durban.

Readiness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
Dagogo William Legg-Jack
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
South African ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Readiness To Learn ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explored the readiness of a South African university to take part in the fourth industrial revolution by exploring the experiences of students in science and technology on the impact of COVID-19 in the learning of their practical modules. Guided by two research questions, namely how the COVID-19 has impacted students' engagement with their practical modules and students' readiness to learn remotely and carry out the practical aspects of their modules, the chapter employ a qualitative case study approach to explore the views of students that offer courses that involve practical. Seven fourth-year students were purposively selected as study sample. Data were generated online using Google forms and were analysed thematically. The chapter was framed using the technology acceptance model. Findings revealed the following: ease and clarity of concept, lack of interaction with others, lack of motivation, lack of access to ICT facilities, lack of relevant materials to execute practical tasks, and lack of conducive learning environment.

scholarly journals Technology analysis of artificial intelligence using Bayesian inference for neural networks

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Sunghae Jun
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Statistical Modelling ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
Patent Documents ◽  
The Internet Of Things

At present, artificial intelligence (AI) technology is receiving much attention and applied in each field of society. AI is one of the key technologies to lead the fourth industrial revolution along with the internet of things and big data. Therefore, many companies and research institutes are trying to systematically analyze AI technology in order to understand the AI itself correctly. In this paper, we also study on a method to analyze AI technology based on quantitative approach. We correct the patent documents related to AI technology, and analyze them using statistical modelling. We use Bayesian inference for neural networks to build our proposed method. To verify the validity of our research, we carry out a case study using the AI patent documents.

Revolutionary dreams: Future essentialism and the sociotechnical imaginary of the fourth industrial revolution in Denmark

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 542-566
Author(s):  
Kasper Schiølin
Keyword(s):  
Public Reason ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
National Level ◽  
Original Material ◽  
Discursive Strategies ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
World Economic ◽  
To Come

In 2015, the World Economic Forum announced that the world was on the threshold of a ‘fourth industrial revolution’ driven by a fusion of cutting-edge technologies with unprecedented disruptive power. The next year, in 2016, the fourth industrial revolution appeared as the theme of the Forum’s annual meeting, and as the topic of a book by its founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab. Ever since, the Forum has made this impending revolution its top priority, maintaining that it will inevitably change everything we once know about the world and how to live in it, thus creating what I conceptualize as ‘future essentialism’. Within a short space of time, the vision of the fourth industrial revolution was institutionalized and publicly performed in various national settings around the world as a sociotechnical imaginary of a promising and desirable future soon to come. Through readings of original material published by the Forum, and through a case study of the reception of the fourth industrial revolution in Denmark, this article highlights and analyses three discursive strategies – ‘dialectics of pessimism and optimism’, ‘epochalism’ and ‘inevitability’ – in the transformation of a corporate, highly elitist vision of the future into policymaking and public reason on a national level.

scholarly journals Education, Competences - Labor Market Analysis Against the Challenges of Industry 4.0 Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-149
Author(s):  
Anna Wiśniewska-Salek
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Technical Science ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

AbstractBuilding a strong economy depends on numerous factors: technological, political, geographical but also and above all social ones. Currently, the ongoing fourth industrial revolution is primarily based on digitization of all processes in the conducted activities. The acquisition and processing of vast amount of data generates information which is very complex and not always unambiguous. Industry 4.0 also assumes that employees will understand both technical needs and those not related to the production process. This means that the present education system (definitely the one related to technical science) should also be changed so that engineers acquire more managerial skills. The article presents the educational assumptions in the face of challenges posed by Industry 4.0 in the context of the current opportunities of the labor market and education in Poland and in Europe.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Metode Focus Group Discussion Terhadap Kesiapsiagaan Bencana Gempa Bumi di SMK Negeri 1 Alo’oa Kota Gunungsitoli

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-32
Author(s):  
Syahferi Anwar ◽  
Arif Rahman Aceh
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussion ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Systematic Random Sampling ◽  
Probability Sampling

Kesiapsiagaan adalah upaya-upaya yang memungkinkan pemerintah, masyarakat dan individu merespon secara cepat situasi bencana secara efektif dan salah satu cara meningkatkannya yaitu melalui focus group discussion. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk membuktikan adanya pengaruh sebelum dan sesudah dilakukannya  metode focus group discussion  terhadap kesiapsiagaan bencana gempa bumi di SMK Alo’oa Kota Gunungsitoli. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain one group pretest-posttest. Populasi penelitian ini seluruh siswa di SMK Negeri 1 Alo’oa sebanyak 200 siswa. Sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas X dan XI sebanyak 15 orang. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan tekhnik probability sampling jenis systematic random sampling. Data Instumen penelitian menggunakan skala kesiapsiagaan bencana gempa bumi yang di kembangkan oleh LIPI. Data diolah dengan uji Wilcoxon test dan disajikan dalam bentuk tabel distribusi frekuensi. Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan pengaruh metode focus group discussion terhadap kesiapsiagaan siswa menghadapi bencana gempa meningkat dengan nilai p value sebesar (0.001) dengan nilai hasil ≤ 0,05., Artinya ada pengaruh metode focus group discussion terhadap kesiapsiagaan bencana gempa bumi

scholarly journals Assessment of the Degree of Implementation of Industry 4.0 Technologies: Case Study of Murcia Region in Southeast Spain

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 422-432
Author(s):  
Antonio Guerrero González ◽  
Daniel Robles Quiñonero ◽  
Samuel Fraile Vega
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Current State ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

This work analyzes how the so-called Industry 4.0 technologies are being implemented in companies in the Region of Murcia, in Southeastern Spain. The objective was to determine through questionnaires and face-to-face interviews the current state of 4.0 technologies in Murcia, including additional data of the companies, such as age, number of employees and turnover. Most types of companies in the Region were represented in terms of size, age, turnover, profits and profitability. This study analyzes the relationship between the degree of implementation of 4.0 technologies, investment and training of workers, with companies’ seniority, number of employees, turnover, profits and profitability. The results obtained are significantly higher in companies with higher turnover, profits and profitability, which in turn, have the best levels of investment and training of their workers in 4.0 technologies. The opinions of the companies determined the factors that drove the companies to implement these technologies, the factors perceived as barriers, the opportunities in the current context that encourage the adoption of technologies, as well as the threats that may jeopardize their progress in digital transformation. The conclusions obtained can be taken into account in regional policies that implement appropriate actions to help drive the fourth industrial revolution in the region.

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