Industry 4.0

Candeias, Marta, and António B. Moniz. "Public policies for Industry 4.0: some lessons from the Portuguese case." International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 24 (2024): 144-168. Abstractcover.jpgWebsite

In Portugal, digital transition was structured with national public policies since 2003. In 2017, initiatives for the adoption of Industry 4.0 concepts are implemented in Portugal. We analysed the diffusion and implementation of these technologies, in Portugal. Some questions were raised: has the interplay between public policies, state agencies and industrial relations players in the process been articulated, as in Germany? What have been the effects of these technologies on workers and organisations? Are the public initiatives in place enough or more is needed? Qualitative and quantitative approaches were used to collect evidence on the main features and constraints of a public policy for Industry 4.0, based on the case study of the automotive sector in Portugal. Findings suggest the need to balance regulatory policies on data related risks, and investment policies towards education, training and organisational innovation are needed to complement technology development and adoption support.

iMET: Innovating social dialogue and collective bargaining toward artificial intelligence in the METAL Industries

April 9, 2024

DG Emp, European Commission

Nova University of Lisbon

CICS.NOVA

2024-2026

Marta Candeias

PhD on TA / CICS.NOVA, IST-ID, ISCSP-UL

Metalworkers 4.0

May 26, 2020

Metalworkers 4.0 – high skills of employees as a measure for high adaptability of enterprises to technological changes.

Project co-financed by the European Union.

Grant agreement number: UDA-POWR.04.03.00-00-0117/18-00

webpage: https://metalowcy.eu/en/project/

Sustainable Human Resource Management in the Context of Emerging Technologies, ISM Lithuania

March 5, 2018

Emerging technologies (ET) in the context of Industry 4.0, such as Robotics, Cyber Physical Systems, etc. will provide tremendous shifts with regard to working processes, e.g. increasing human-robot-interactions and similar technological advancements. However, in the debate about the possibilities of ET, their technical norms and standards, one of the most central aspects – the effects on employees, organizations, and work structures – has been often neglected. We still lack knowledge about the deeper implications of the ET: How ET will change work design in organizations?

Sociologia das Novas Tecnologias de Informação

Semester: 
Fall
Offered: 
2022
SNTI

Knowledge of the basic principles of the relation Technology and Society

Capacity of analysis on the Information and Knowledge Society

Information about approaches on technology and production systems, on working conditions and job design in automated environments

Knowledge of issues around conflict negotiation and  agreements, emergence of new vocational profiles in the information society, and of the concept of Industry 4.0.