Imagination, Creativity, and Responsible Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1522591923 ISBN 13 : 9781522591924

Editeur : IGI Global, 2019

Synopsis

The fourth industrial revolution continues to have a profound effect on humans, business activities, and the planet. Understanding its impacts and creating a society where mankind can thrive instead of fear technological advancement will be key as humans' abilities to deal with complex challenges will be tested more and more. Imagination, Creativity, and Responsible Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is an essential reference source that discusses preventative measures to limit the potential negative impacts and threats posed by technological advancements, which could include humans' loss of creativity, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking as automation becomes more prevalent. Putting ingenuity to good use by formulating responsible and sustainable management could hold the key to developing more opportunities for humans to thrive. Featuring research on topics such as digital enterprise, sustainable development, and knowledge sharing, this book is ideally designed for academics, researchers, students, consultants, IT specialists, engineers, and professionals analyzing the impact of innovative technological developments.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Ziska Fields is an Associate Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She has 13 years’ experience in the Financial Industry and 11 years’ experience in Higher Education experience. Her qualifications include a BA (Communication Sciences), Diploma in Management Studies, MBA (Cum Laude) and PhD. She teaches various Management and Entrepreneurship courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research focus area and passion is theoretical and applied creativity across various disciplines and contexts. She also has various other research areas, which include Entrepreneurship, Management, Innovation, Higher Education, Responsible Management Education, Human Resources, Future Studies and Information Technology. She edited four books titled Incorporating Business Models and Strategies into Social Entrepreneurship , Collective creativity for responsible and sustainable business practice , Handbook of Research on Information and Cyber Security in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Responsible, Sustainable, and Globally Aware Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution . She has published various book chapters and papers and presented various conference papers. Professor Fields developed two theoretical models to measure creativity in South Africa, focusing on youth and tertiary education.

Julien Bucher is a research fellow and lecturer at the Chair of Innovation Research and Management of Technology at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration of the Chemnitz University of Technology. His research focuses on social and technological innovation, especially in regard to visuality, imagination, creativity, sustainability, and frugality.

Anja Weller is the advisor for digitalization and media education at the Saxon state ministry of education and cultural affairs. She studied media and communication studies at the University of Technology in Chemnitz. In her doctoral thesis she developed and applied the visual research methodology ‘the creative interview’. Her research interests are visual sociology, learning, imagination, and media education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: IGI Global
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1522591923
• ISBN 13: 9781522591924
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 333
• Éditeur: Fields Ziska, Bucher Julien, Weller Anja
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible