Browsing by Subject "Fourth Industrial Revolution"
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Bridging the gap between technical and social competencies of urban and regional planning through mobile technology : The case of Cape Peninsula University of Technology
(AOSIS, 2020)Higher education institutions are entrusted with the responsibility of training future workforces that are well equipped to function in the age of the 4th industrial revolution (4IR). This role is pertinent in light of ... -
Developing a framework for promoting self-directed learning in first-year English for Education
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2020)Breed (2016:1) raises the concern that the South African education system at large does not encourage activities that allow learners to develop SDL skills. More specifically, De Beer and Gravett (2016:46) sound the alarm ... -
Development of an Industry 4.0 competency maturity model
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)Coined as Germany’s high-tech strategy, Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is being adopted globally and is happening exponentially. Furthermore, I4.0 impacts manufacturing processes, technology, and systems and extends to employees' ... -
Editorial: Special Edition on corporate and financial markets law: embracing technology in corporate, securities and financial markets law and the combating of financial crimes in the 4th Industrial Revolution
(PER/PELJ, 2021)This special edition consists of a selection of contemporary and well thought out academic contributions that were developed into full journal articles by presenters who delivered their key findings at the 2nd Annual ... -
Impact assessment for the twenty-first century – rising to the challenge
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)The future of impact assessment has to contend with global megatrends, including the Fourth Industrial Revolution, that are set to change the face of the planet, and with the neoliberal economy, and the implications this ... -
Information and communication technology and employment in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)History has shown how industrial transformations in societies have been brought forward by technological advances as a result of advanced knowledge affecting the ways of work. With every industrial revolution, literature ... -
Is the Dawn of the Robot Lawyer upon us? The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Future of Lawyers
(PER/PELJ, 2020)The practice of law has been largely shielded from technological developments in the course of the past 50 years. While the ways in which legal professionals process and share information have evolved with new technologies ... -
Mainstreaming black women into managerial positions in the South African Corporate Sector in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
(PER/PELJ, 2021)The active participation of Black South African women in the corporate sector is essential for the achievement of equity and diversity. Since 1994 the sector has failed to promote black women into managerial positions ... -
Stop thinking about tomorrow: even in the era of COVID-19 History is teaching past and present Reflections on teaching History during COVID-19
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has caused a crisis in education, with the digital divide becoming ever more prevalent in a society which is as unequal and fractured as South Africa. While ex-Model C and ... -
Towards a Smart City Model for South African Metropolitan Municipalities : the case of Gauteng-based Metropolitan Municipalities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Although some studies have shown that there are benefits that a developing country such as South Africa can accrue as a result of embracing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Internet of Things and information and ...