1st Edition

Automation, Innovation and Economic Crisis Surviving the Fourth Industrial Revolution

By Jon-Arild Johannessen Copyright 2018
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

110 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The fourth industrial revolution is developing globally, with no geographical centre. It is also taking place at enormous speed. This development will shape the workplaces of the future, which will be entirely different from the workplaces created by the first, second and third industrial revolutions. Industry created the industrial worker. The knowledge society will create a new type of... Read more

Preface; Chapter 1: Trends towards feudal capitalism; Introduction; Analysis and discussion; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Globalization: The emergence of "Mamounia", the new global nation; Introduction; The exercise of power: totalitarian capitalism; Financial capital’s globalization; Mamounia: the new global nation; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Robots and informats will cause economic and social crises; Introduction; Robots and informats: economic and social crises; Innovation: herd behaviour and economic bubbles; Destructive wealth creation: transformation of social systems; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Aspects of a policy architecture for the fourth industrial revolution; Introduction; The economic subsystem; The political subsystem; The cultural subsystem; The social subsystem; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Concepts; Index

Biography

Jon-Arild Johannessen holds a Master of Science from Oslo University in History. He holds a Ph.D. from Stockholm University in Systemic Thinking. He is currently professor (full) in Leadership, at Kristiania University College, Oslo, and Nord University, Norway. He has been professor (full) in Innovation, at Syd-Danske University, Denmark. He has been professor (full) in Management at The Arctic University, Norway. At Bodø Graduate School of Business, Norway, he had a professorship (full) in Information Management. At the Norwegian School of Management he has been professor (full) in Knowledge Management. He has written more than 200 international papers on innovation, knowledge management and leadership. He has been author/co-author of 30 books.