Understanding industry 4.0 : AI, the Internet of things, and the future of work / edited by Bruno S. Sergi, Elena G. Popkova, Aleksei V. Bogoviz, and Tatiana N. Litvinova.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sergi, Bruno S., editor.

Popkova, Elena G., editor.

Bogoviz, Aleksei V., editor.

Litvinova, Tatiana N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appropriate technology.

Technological innovations.

Technology and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages) illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2019]

Summary:

Everywhere you look, there are signs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. R&D on leading digital technologies is conducted around the world, exploring novel technologies aimed at cyber-physical systems, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality, AI, and many more. With these rapid changes in technology comes social evolution and the potential for future social crises. Understanding Industry 4.0: AI, the Internet of Things, and the Future of Work looks to determine the most probable oncoming changes in key areas of the economy, to highlight the most important professions of the future, and to offer recommendations for their correct selection and successful mastering. Including sections on careers in education, medicine, R&D, and agriculture, among others, economics experts Bruno S. Sergi, Elena G. Popkova, Aleksei V. Bogoviz, and Tatiana N. Litvinova explore the vastly changing modern workplace and offer a guide to navigating through and adapting to this evolution. For researchers and students of management, economics, and business, this is an unmissable exploration of the new frontier of Industry 4.0.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

About the Authors

Foreword

Part I. Overview of Future Professions in Industry

Chapter 1. Outlines of the Context for Industry 4.0

1. Introduction

2. About the Transformation Processes

3. Toward a Unified Scenario?

Chapter 2. Future Professions in Industry

2. Some Theoretical Bases

3. Results

4. Conclusions

Chapter 3. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Industry

Part II. Future Professions in Agriculture

Chapter 4. Future Outlines of Agriculture in the Agro-Industrial Complex 4.0

Chapter 5. Future Professions in Agriculture

Chapter 6. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Agriculture

Part III. Future Professions in Medicine

Chapter 7. Future Outlines of Medicine at the Threshold of a Genetic Revolution

Chapter 8. Future Professions in Medicine

Chapter 9. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Medicine

Part IV. Future Planned Professions in Education

Chapter 10. Future Outlines in the Sphere of Education in the Age of the Information Economy

4. Conclusion

Chapter 11. Future Professions in Education.

1. Introduction

Chapter 12. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Education

2. Materials

Part V. Expected Professions in Body Care and Fitness

Chapter 13. Future Outlines of the Body Care and Fitness Sector

Chapter 14. Future Professions in Body Care and Fitness

Chapter 15. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Body Care and Fitness

Part VI. The Key Future Professions in R&amp

D

Chapter 16. The Future Outline of the R&amp

D Sector in the Context of the Formation of the Innovation Economy

3. Materials

4. Results

5. Conclusions

Chapter 17. Future Professions in R&amp

Chapter 18. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in R&amp

Part VII. Perspectives on Future Professions in Transport and Communications

Chapter 19. Future Outline of the Transport and Communications Sector in the Context of a Revolution in Information Communication Technologies

Chapter 20. Future Professions in Transport and Communications

4. Conclusions.

Chapter 21. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Transport and Communications

Part VIII. Recommendations for Successful Modern Workers

Chapter 22. Common Features and Competences that are Necessary for All Future Professions

Chapter 23. The Concept of Lifelong Learning as the Basis for Mastering Future Professions

Chapter 24. An Algorithm for Selecting and Mastering Future Professions

4. Discussion

Chapter 25. The Model of State Management for the Process of Selecting and Mastering Future Professions

2. Case Study

Conclusions

List of Acronyms

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781789733136

1789733138

9781789733112

1789733111