Sustainability is a global issue and, with the advent of further legislation to make organizations greener, companies are keen to promote sustainable performance to survive in the market. Using the facets of Industry 4.0, companies can become leaner, cleaner and measure their performance more effectively.
Sustainability is a global issue and, with the advent of further legislation to make organizations "greener," companies are keen to promote sustainable performance to survive in the market. Using the facets of Industry 4.0, companies can become leaner and cleaner and measure their performance more effectively. This book reveals the sustainable innovations that organizations are undertaking because of Industry 4.0.
This book focuses on sophisticated aspects of how to make products tailor-made to suit specific requirements. It seeks to understand the status of sustainable performance that is impacted by different aspects related to human factors and concludes with detailing the future needs of businesses and potential trends. The book allows the reader to develop a deeper view of sustainability and organizational problems and to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Each chapter contains a self-contained study of a business and the decisions made to improve performance and is supported with tables, charts, and illustrations, and a wide list of bibliographic references.
Human Perspectives of Industry 4.0 Organizations will be of interest to students, graduates, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of logistics, supply chain management, management, leadership, organization, and sustainability, plus those interested in Industry 4.0 more generally. It will appeal to students in graduate programs covering sustainable aspects of business, management, supply chain management, and industrial engineering.
1. Sustainable Development in Contemporary Organizations: A Human
Factors and Ergonomics Perspective.
2. Impact of Human Biases and AI
(Artificial Intelligence) on Organizational Performance, Efficiency, and
Enhanced Productivity.
3. Supply Chain 4.0 a Source of Sustainable Initiative
Across Food Supply Chain: Trends and Barriers.
4. Role of Human Capital in
the Supply Chain Management.
5. Understanding Artificial Intelligence in
Supply Chain and Innovation Performance.
6. Ecological Strategic Orientation
and Sustainable Performance.: A Study of Supply Chain Industries in Oman.
7.
The Effect of Organizational Green Operations and Digitalization to Promote
Green Supply Chain Performance.
8. Do Green Entrepreneurial Leadership and
Green Operational Practices Adaptation Matter in the Pursuit of Green
Innovation: Unfolding the Role of Discretionary Slack.
9. Managing Career
Attitudes in the Era of the 21st Century.
10. Analysis of the Curricula of
the Industrial Engineering Departments in Terms of Sustainability-Themed
Courses: A Study on Turkish Universities.
11. The Readiness of Students and
Employees in Logistics Companies for the Challenges of Introducing
Sustainability, Digitalization and Industry 4.0.
12. Nurturing Human Capital
for Industry 4.0.
13. The Dilemma of Entrepreneurship. V/S Sustainability.
14. Platform Revolution in Developing Countries and the Role of Organization
4.0: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Performance.
15. Overcoming
Resistance: A Human Perspective on Driving Sustainable Performance in 4.0
Organizations A Case of Pharma Trax.
16. A Model of the Strategic
Orientation on Organizational Performance.
Sonia Umair is an accomplished academician, researcher, and assistant professor with over a decade of experience in the field of management. She is currently working as an assistant professor at Al-Zahra College for Women, Muscat, Oman. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. Her academic and research interest lies in the fields of HRM, sustainability, business ethics, leadership, and organizational behavior. She has worked as a research collaborator and research assistant at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. She has published extensively in reputable journals and conferences, contributing valuable insights to the field.
Umair Waqas is Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Supply Chain Management and Logistics in the College of Business at the University of Buraimi, Oman. He is a member of several committees, including the member college of the business board, member college of business postgraduate committee, member teaching learning and curriculum committee, and member moderation and examination committee. He is also responsible for curriculum revision and progression of his department. He received Ph.D. in Management (specialization: Supply Chain Risk Management) in 2020 from the School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. He has experience of 10 years in the field of research and education.
Beata Mrugalska, Ph.D., D.Sc., Eur.Erg. is an Associate Professor and head of the Division of Applied Ergonomics, Institute of Safety and Quality Engineering, Faculty of Management Engineering, Poznan University of Technology in Poland. She holds an M.Sc. (2001) in Management and Marketing from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management at the Poznan University of Technology, and a PhD (2009) in Machine Construction and Operation from the Faculty of Computer Science and Management at the Poznan University of Technology. She was awarded a D.Sc. (dr habil.) degree in Mechanical Engineering by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Poznan University of Technology, Poland (2019). Since 2018, she has been a board member of the Center for Registration of European Ergonomists (CREE). She is responsible for promoting the professional title of EuroErgonomist in the international scientific and industrial environment. She is also a board member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Commission of Ergonomics, and a member of the Ergonomics Committee at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Branch Poznan. She has over 120 publications focused on human factors in modern organizational management concepts. She serves as a member of 8 editorial boards of international journals and a Guest Editor of 5 special issues of journals. Beata Mrugalska was honored with the Top Peer Reviewer by Publons for her contribution to the preparation of reviews of papers.
Ibrahim Rashid Al Shamsi is Associate Professor and Dean in the College of Business, University of Buraimi, Oman. His areas of specialization include business, human resource management, and other management-related subjects. He obtained his Masters in Business Administration from the UK and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Malaysia. He also serves indexed journals as a Reviewer and is involved in various academic and research tasks. Before joining academia, he worked for 20 years with Directorate General of Health Services, Al Buraimi Governorate, Ministry of Health, where he held important positions as Head of the Administration Department, Director of Administration and Finance, and Director of Planning and Studies.
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