The digitization of manufacturing and its societal challenges: a framework for the future of industrial labor

This article outlines an organisation theory approach to meta-governance by illustrating how public organisations may organise policy change and reform by (re-)designing organisational choice-architectures. First, it outlines an organisational approach to meta-governance and, second, it offers an illustrative case of meta-governance by examining how public innovation processes are shaped by organisational designs. Two arguments are proposed: (i) first, that public meta-governance is an accessible tool for facilitating policy change, and (ii) second, that meta-governance may be systematically biased by organisational structuring. Examining conditions for meta-governance is important since governments experience frequent criticism of existing inefficient organisational arrangements and calls for major reforms of the state. The contribution of this article is to suggest how an organisational approach to meta-governance might both explain meta-governance and make it practically relevant for solving societal challenges in the future.

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Reality and Its Representation

An Anthropology of Marxism ◽

10.5149/northcarolina/9781469649917.003.0005 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 117-124

Author(s):

Cedric J. Robinson

Keyword(s):

French Revolution ◽

World History ◽

Radical Change ◽

Social Injustice ◽

The Past ◽

The Future ◽

Industrial Labor ◽

History Of ◽

Practical Development

In the final chapter, Robinson summarizes the implications of his anthropology of Marxist thought and his alternative history of Western socialism. He argues that the iconography of Marxism effaces the longer history of Western socialism, instead displacing all potential for radical change to the proletariat in the era of capitalism. The fetishization of industrial labor by Marx, Engels, and Lenin then has the effect, he argues, of excluding all socialist revolt that takes place outside of the urban proletariat—radical action in Algeria, Cuba, Iran, etc.—from the history of socialism, making socialism into an idea for the future rather than something that could also exist in the past. Mistakenly transfixing the origins of socialist theory to Marx or making his ideas into universals rather than contextually specific philosophy in fact restricts the theoretical and practical development of socialism. The history of Western socialism radiated from the desperation, rage, and anguish of the oppressed long before Marx identified it in the French Revolution and will survive Marxism’s conceits because, Robinson argues, socialist discourse is an irrepressible response to social injustice in world history.

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Inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinarity in maritime history: Potentialities and limits

International Journal of Maritime History ◽

10.1177/0843871420924239 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 414-425

Author(s):

Amélia Polónia

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Sustainable Development Goals ◽

Maritime History ◽

Ongoing Debate ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

Broad Field ◽

Maritime Studies ◽

The Future ◽

Development Goals ◽

Current Stage

Following an ongoing debate, this paper argues that the future of the encompassing field of maritime history might proceed in three main directions: (1) convergence with the debates and the societal challenges for 2020–2030 and beyond, as defined by the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals; (2) merger with a broad field of maritime studies, multidisciplinary by nature; and (3) dialogue with different disciplines to develop transdisciplinary methods. Even if not totally new at the current stage in maritime history’s development, these challenges are expected to emerge as crucial in the next decades.

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DNA-Based Identity Testing and the Future of the Family: A Research Agenda

American Journal of Law & Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0098858800011643 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 28 (2-3) ◽

pp. 215-232

Author(s):

Mary R. Anderlik ◽

Mark A. Rothstein

Keyword(s):

Family Relationships ◽

Research Agenda ◽

Identity Testing ◽

Social Trends ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

The Family ◽

Genetic Revolution ◽

The Future ◽

And Diffusion

Many of the societal challenges associated with the genetic revolution rest on predictions about the effects of the future development and diffusion of technologies for manipulating the human genome. Identity testing is different. Relatively sophisticated techniques for identity testing using DNA currently exist, and these techniques are already creating conflicts and challenges for families and policymakers. More precisely, scientific advances and social trends are raising difficult questions about the source and nature of parental obligation, the steps required to protect the privacy of individuals when suspicion begins to corrode family relationships and the role of attorneys and other professionals in these volatile situations.

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The future imagined: Exploring fiction as a means of reflecting on today’s Grand Societal Challenges and tomorrow’s options

Futures ◽

10.1016/j.futures.2016.05.009 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 166-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Olivia Bina ◽

Sandra Mateus ◽

Lavinia Pereira ◽

Annalisa Caffa

Keyword(s):

Societal Challenges ◽

The Future

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7. Back to the future

Projects: A Very Short Introduction ◽

10.1093/actrade/9780198727668.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 127-136

Author(s):

Andrew Davies

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Project Management ◽

21St Century ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Ageing Population ◽

Refugee Crisis ◽

Project Organization ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

The Future

‘Back to the future’ considers whether the new and emerging forms of project organization are equipped to deal with the major challenges individuals, organizations, and societies are facing in the 21st century, such as rapid urbanization, climate change, an ageing population, poverty, terrorism, and the migration and refugee crisis. A flexible and adaptive model of project management supported by digital technologies is required for these dynamic and unpredictable projects that are difficult to define with no clear solutions. How will projects of the future be able to respond to these societal challenges and the relentless pressure to innovate and compete in global markets? What can we learn from the past?

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Evaluierung des Netzwerks Altern. Endbericht.

10.22163/fteval.2019.506 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Brigitte Tiefenthaler

Keyword(s):

Demographic Change ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

The Future ◽

Innovation And Technology ◽

Research Promotion ◽

Future Work ◽

Education Science ◽

Strategic Networking ◽

Science And Research

In 2015, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), together with the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and other partners, founded the initiative "Strategic Networking Platforms in the Context of Major Societal Challenges", including such a platform on issues of demographic change. The BMBWF has commissioned the Austrian Platform for Interdisciplinary Ageing Issues(ÖPIA) with its implementation. The three-year BMBWF funding for the Ageing Network expired in mid-2019. Therefore, Department V/10 of the BMBWF commissioned Technopolis Group Austria to evaluate the Ageing Network. The aim of this evaluation was to form a basis for the decision on the further funding of the Network Ageing after the expiry of the current contract. To this end, we analysed and evaluated what has been achieved so far and developed recommendations for the future work of the Network Ageing. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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The Future of Rehabilitation In the Workplace: Drug Abuse, AIDS & Disability Management

Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling ◽

10.1891/0047-2220.19.2.38 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 38-41

Author(s):

Thomas E. Backer

Keyword(s):

Drug Abuse ◽

Disability Management ◽

Rehabilitation Services ◽

Priority Areas ◽

Rehabilitation Professionals ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

The Future

Workplace-based rehabilitation services are developing in three new priority areas: drug abuse, AIDS and disability management. To realize both clinical and consulting opportunities in these three areas, rehabilitation professionals must redefine their roles in the workplace, educate themselves about the issues, and plan creatively for how the unique practices and viewpoint of rehabilitation can best be used to meet these societal challenges.

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Challenges for the future of industrial labor in manufacturing and logistics using the example of order picking systems

Procedia CIRP ◽

10.1016/j.procir.2017.12.190 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 ◽

pp. 140-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Johannes Dregger ◽

Jonathan Niehaus ◽

Peter Ittermann ◽

Hartmut Hirsch-Kreinsen ◽

Michael ten Hompel

Keyword(s):

Order Picking ◽

The Future ◽

Industrial Labor ◽

Picking Systems

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