Insights Into Managing Project Teams for Industry 4.0

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Marnewick ◽  
Annlizé Marnewick
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous Delivery ◽  
And Control ◽  
Agile Teams

In a fast-paced and changing world demanded by Industry 4.0, the continuous delivery of products and level of integration of technologies are required. This is achieved through the introduction of agile but agile itself demands changes in the way projects are managed. The role of the project manager itself is changing from a command and control to a collaborative and coaching style of leadership. Project teams on the other hand should be self-organizing and self-directed to be agile. Managing agile teams requires a different approach as the idea is to deliver workable solutions and products at a faster space. New project manager skills and competencies are required as well as ways to manage agile teams. A conceptual model is introduced, highlighting the required enablers for an agile environment. The enablers have an impact on how the agile project manager interacts with the agile team. The end result is that products are faster deployed enabling organizations to react to the changes demanded by Industry 4.0.

Insights Into Managing Project Teams for Industry 4.0

2021 ◽  
pp. 1508-1528
Author(s):  
Carl Marnewick ◽  
Annlizé Marnewick
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Project Manager ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
The Other ◽  
Continuous Delivery ◽  
And Control ◽  
Agile Teams

In a fast-paced and changing world demanded by Industry 4.0, the continuous delivery of products and level of integration of technologies are required. This is achieved through the introduction of agile but agile itself demands changes in the way projects are managed. The role of the project manager itself is changing from a command and control to a collaborative and coaching style of leadership. Project teams on the other hand should be self-organizing and self-directed to be agile. Managing agile teams requires a different approach as the idea is to deliver workable solutions and products at a faster space. New project manager skills and competencies are required as well as ways to manage agile teams. A conceptual model is introduced, highlighting the required enablers for an agile environment. The enablers have an impact on how the agile project manager interacts with the agile team. The end result is that products are faster deployed enabling organizations to react to the changes demanded by Industry 4.0.

From Container to Claustrum: Projective Identification in Couples

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Health ◽  
Projective Identification ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intimate Partners ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
As If

This paper is a contribution to the growing literature on the role of projective identification in understanding couples' dynamics. Projective identification as a defence is well suited to couples, as intimate partners provide an ideal location to deposit unwanted parts of the self. This paper illustrates how projective identification functions differently depending on the psychological health of the couple. It elucidates how healthier couples use projective identification more as a form of communication, whereas disturbed couples are inclined to employ it to invade and control the other, as captured by Meltzer's concept of "intrusive identification". These different uses of projective identification affect couples' capacities to provide what Bion called "containment". In disturbed couples, partners serve as what Meltzer termed "claustrums" whereby projections are not contained, but imprisoned or entombed in the other. Applying the concept of claustrum helps illuminate common feelings these couples express, such as feeling suffocated, stifled, trapped, held hostage, or feeling as if the relationship is killing them. Finally, this paper presents treatment challenges in working with more disturbed couples.

How Can Secure Websites Improve Buying Intention?

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Natalia Vila ◽  
Inés Kuster
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
The Other ◽  
Website Usability

A conceptual model is proposed to show 3 effects of augmenting security perceptions (more pleasure, less perceived risk and higher trust) in order to improve buying intention. The role of usability in reinforcing these direct and indirect security effects has also been tested. This study examines the reinforcement of previous relationships in highly usable contexts. To test this, a fictitious website was designed for a nonexistent clothing company directed at the segment of middle class consumers. Two blocks of changes were made to alter website usability: one concerning website speed and the other related to ease of use. Results for a study sample of 170 respondents show that in usable contexts (that is, with quicker, functional websites), when website security perceptions augment, this leads to stronger effects (in terms of pleasure, trust and perceived risk) thereby simultaneously increasing buying intention.

scholarly journals The Role of Public Interest Litigation in the Achievement of Sustainable Waste Management in Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merhatbeb Gebregiorgs
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Environmental Tax ◽  
Sustainable Waste Management ◽  
Public Interest Litigation ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
And Control

This research assessed the role of public interest litigation in the achievement of sustainable waste management in the Addis Ababa Administration (AAA) of Ethiopia. It employed a single country case-oriented comparative research design, and data triangulation was used to establish the validity of the findings. The research first shows Ethiopia’s commitment to sustainable waste management, implementing environmental tax and the command-and-control instruments of the polluter-pays principle and public interest litigation within the context of environmental justice. Secondly, it shows that public interest litigation is one of the innovative techniques in the struggle against waste mismanagement across all legal systems. Thirdly, it demonstrates the potential role of public interest litigation in Ethiopia in encouraging the federal and regional environmental protection and management organs to implement environmental tax and command-and-control instruments. Fourthly, it uncovers that public interest litigation is not fully compatible with the Civil Procedure Code of Ethiopia. Fifthly, it shows the failure of the judiciary system of Ethiopia to accommodate environmental courts and tribunals that flexibly and innovatively adopt public interest litigation. Sixthly, it reveals that, in Ethiopia, the scope of public interest standing is highly restrictive for Civil Society Organizations (CSO). Finally, it implies that the legal viability and administrative feasibility of environmental public interest litigation in Ethiopia is in its infancy, and its crystallization is partly contingent on the cautious review of the Civil Procedure Code and CSO laws and on greening the judiciary system.

From Command and Control to Self-Confidence in Government: Meeting the Challenge in Doncaster

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-172
Author(s):  
Clare Batty ◽  
John Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Local Pressures ◽  
And Control ◽  
Service Managers ◽  
Control Management

This article compares some themes of change management theory against the practical experience of a large UK local authority as it attempts to move from `command and control' leadership to a more assertive, self-confident style of local government. This move is a response both to changing national legislation and local demand arising from a significant corruption scandal. The concept of `command and control' management is compared with that of self-confidence within the context of organizing for government, both central and local. The nature of self-confident government is then examined more closely in an attempt to answer some central questions — what is self-confidence, what sustains it and what benefits does it offer? These questions are then considered against the practical experience of a large metropolitan authority in England. The local pressures for organizational and cultural change, including those arising out of recent municipal corruption, are discussed along with the developing local responses. The article then considers the change issues that are arising for local service managers and the role of developing self-confidence in adapting and expanding their capabilities into the future. Some key learning points are identified.

scholarly journals Humanity–Organization–Technology in View of Industry 4.0 / Society 5.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Andrzej Kiepas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
The Other ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Digital Society ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy ◽  
The World

The article addresses selected problems related to the perspective on the development of Industry 4.0 and social and cultural changes that accompany this development and lead toward the so-called post-digital society. In the field of industry, the changes concern, among others, the functioning of various organizations, and in the perspective of post-digital society – human beings and their relations with the world of technology. These changes lead to an increase in the role of technological factors, hence the current revival of technological determinism, and this, in turn, has to do with questions regarding human subjectivity. In this context, questions regarding humans also revolve around the need to acknowledge their increasing capabilities and scope of freedom, and on the other hand, their loss of autonomy in relation to the world of technology.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document