Introduction The Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR) as a Management Challenge Overview of Presentation: 1. Research on the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the Japanese- German context. 2. My work experience at the University of Tsukuba. 3. Outlook: What may I do with the experience?
Preliminary Words The Fourth Industrial Revolution has already started. It will have a profound impact on the way people will live, how governments will act and how companies will do business. The speed of change, however, is uncertain, as is the speed at which technologies will succeed first and which part of the society structure will be affected most. Furthermore, the effects will have a global impact and this will demand a new concept of human being.
What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? The introduction of the Internet of Things into the manufacturing environment is ushering the Fourth Industrial Revolution / Evolution.
FIR- Academic Background The Potential: Robert Metcalf s Law Metcalfe's law states that the value of a telecommunication network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system (n 2 ). Two telephones can make only one connection, five can make 10 connections, and twelve can make 66 connections.
FIR- Academic Background The Pulse: Moor s Law "Moore's law" is the observation that, over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubled approximately every two years. Also the potential of functionality growth doubles every 24 months. Changes methods and changes businesses: It already happened in markets as photo cameras, TVs, phones, communication network equipment There will be companies which can keep up with this speed others will be too slow.
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Ethical Impacts My research is comparing differences between Japanese and German cultural approaches of the implementations of the FIR from a management perspective. That includes ethical topics. Technical progress is the only progress in human history which is not reversible - moral or political progress is reversible. Ethical issues in the arena of public discussion usually arise only when stakeholder groups have differing opinions about what is appropriate and what is inappropriate within the context of new developments. Whereas technical and management challenges towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution are very general speaking on track though in different stages the discussion about ethics is in a very early stage, though the potential for conflict is significant. Whereas many ethical demands are identified as such, public discussions remain fragmented. Since in the very near future more and more devices related to the Fourth Industrial Revolution are operating, finding a consensus based on a public discussion is time sensitive for a successful ongoing development. It is crucial for business success.
Presentation of Results Examples 2015/16 Organization of Symposium Fuji TV Prime News 4 Mio. Viewers Prince Akishino
Work Experience In 2010 I was hired for the G- 30- Programme as associate professor. My job in Tsukuba turned out to be a challenge: The university had no experience in attracting qualified students. Only teaching for the undergraduate program was appreciated. In one e- mail I was told that the G- 30- Programme is a non- academic programme. Since some years, I am teaching as well in the Master- and PhD- programme and do research. However, observers say the remains of the G- 30- Programmme seem to be shaking and serves mainly as platform having statistical evidence of the university doing some international activities. There is a split in the Japanese faculty whether accepting foreigners as equal colleagues or as temporary workers. Colleagues say the implementation of the Super Global University is enforcing non- Japanese cultural elements into the Japanese context. Cuts in the overall university budgets is combined with the request to reduce staff on an annual basis. In other areas, huge amounts of money is wasted in a careless way. Foreign observers say that Japanese (national) university system is rigid and as such in a deep crisis. For clear defined research projects, where Japanese knowhow is advanced and resilient relationships to the Japanese colleagues are given, Japan may be a good destination for European researchers as a clear defined temporary step in their career.
Work Experience Background Information Structure of Decisions Example of a National University The University has several faculties. Each faculty has a personnel committee (HR- committee). Who is member of that HR- committee is secret. The decisions of the HR- committees are secret. The dean has no responsibility for decisions of the HR- committee. The decisions of the HR- committee are announced only by the dean. The executive board members and the university president are not informed about decisions of the HR- committee in that way they are protected so that they remain clean. In case of opposing a decision of the HR- committee (black box) the only way is a suit against the university. But that means that the entire university staff is expected to show loyalty related to the university. The person starting the suit is completely isolated. At the end there the is an institution (university) requesting all authority but taking no responsibility. Some of my Japanese colleagues say that in politics such a system is called totalitarian system. As guest in Japan I am not in the position to comment this.
Work- Experience - Structure of Vacancies Date of update Application period Title, Institution [Research field], Job type, Employment s tatus 2016/11/16 2016/12/09 Vacancy Announcement/Assistant Professor/University of Tsukuba/Faculty of Art and Design/Art Environment Support University of Tsukuba [Others- Art Environment Support] Assistant Professor level Full- time(nontenured) 2016/11/11 2016/12/07 Vacancy Announcement/Tenure track Professor or Tenure track Associate Professor/University of Tsukuba/Faculty of Art and Design/Product Design University of Tsukuba [Complex systems- Design science] Professor level,associate Professor/Lecturer (full- time) level Full- time(tenure- track) 2016/11/09 2016/12/05 Education and Sport Studies/Associate Professor or Assistant Professor/University of Tsukuba University of Tsukuba [Others- Education and Sport Studies] Associate Professor/Lecturer (full- time) level,assistant Professor level Full- time(nontenured) 2016/11/09 2016/12/09 Assistant Professor in Chemistry University of Tsukuba [Chemistry- Supramolecular Chemistry] Assistant Professor level Full- time(nontenured) Source: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/seekjorsearch?fn=4&ln=1&prefecture_3=00008, accessed Nov 25
Outlook: The future Beside my academic work I am member of an advisory board of a Japanese- German company. The relation to the Japanese company management is trustful. My future may be either in the academics or private or semi- private field, if in Japan or Europe is not decided yet. But many Japanese ask me: Do you think that Japan can be successful in future? And this not only in the academic context, but in particular to the public administration and the political system of the country, creating a huge public debt. If the still very competitive private sector can cover on the long run the very obvious deficits in the public field, is very uncertain, indeed.