The Evolution of Teamwork in the Engineering Workplace from the First Industrial Revolution to Industry 4.0: A Literature Review

Chowdhury, Tahsin Mahmud; Murzi, Homero

doi:10.18260/1-2--35318

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“…Industry 4.0 technologies include IoT (Internet of Things), AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning and cloud computing, and analytics. Chowdhury and Murzi (2020) described that industry 4.0 implemented the information and commination technologies in the form of automation, enhanced network connections as well as improved communication. It also enhanced teamwork and collaboration in addition to advanced workplace production.…”

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Examining the Impact of Technology Overload at the Workplace: A Systematic Review

2022

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Information and communication technologies have changed and created a ubiquitous work environment for employees to work at any place and at any time. But it also caused technology overload for them. This study aims to evaluate the previously published literature to examine the effects of technology overload in the workplace. This systematic literature review employed a qualitative research design and reviewed articles on technology overload from the workplace perspective. N-Vivo, a qualitative software, was used to create and analyze codes and themes. This study looked at factors that create technology overload such as interruption overload, work-life conflict/work-family conflict, stress, social network service addiction/email addiction, social overload, and lost productivity. This study also established the challenges that knowledge workers/employees have to face at the workplace. Results indicate that self-efficacy, training, and time management are the key strategies to overcome technology overload. This study would contribute to the literature by examining the technology overload in the workplace. It will increase the employees’ awareness of strategies to overcome technology overload. It reviewed only empirical studies published about technology overload from the employees’ perspective. Future research may be conducted focusing on the employers’ perspective regarding technology overload. It has implications for the administration of the workplace to conduct training for the employees before the implementation of new technology. Organizations should establish laws for timings after work hours and disconnection from the internet at home to reduce technology overload.

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“…Chowdhury and Murzi (2020) described that industry 4.0 implemented the information and commination technologies in the form of automation, enhanced network connections as well as improved communication. It also enhanced teamwork and collaboration in addition to advanced workplace production.…”

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2022

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“…A good starting point for improvement of the production system would be the holistic application of Lean principles [14]. Nonetheless, many manufacturing systems are still based on the traditional batch and queue principles instead of single piece flow, which has a considerably shorter process lead time [18,19,20]. Lean is often oversimplified and reduced to the concept of Kaizen (i.e., continuous improvement) and elimination of Muda (i.e., waste elimination) [14].…”

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“…Using Lean as a foundation, smart manufacturing (i.e., focusing on data and data analytics) is enabled through the use of new data resources [4]. Aiming for more agile operation and learning factory, in a continuously changing environment means that organizational and cultural aspects more relevant than the technical aspects [18,21].…”

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“…In contrast, at the enterprise level, the focus becomes more strategic, with questions such as 'what are the best-performing sites, products, or lines, and how can we optimize our workloads?'. This builds upon the connection and integration of resources within the factory environment [4,11,14,17,18]. As a final management reflection, is it easier to focus on the technology aspects rather than the development of a smart digital technology to support production?…”

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Exploring factory digital production support system through the lens of Service Dominant logic

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This paper attempts to understand innovation in the production environment of three different digital systems that support the manufacturing processes of industrial firms. Three cases were characterized through the lens of Service Dominant logic to assess the “smartness” of the services that the system provides. It achieves this using the dimensions ‘service ecosystem’, ‘service platform’ and ‘value cocreation’. The assumption used is that production or assembly may be viewed as a set of processes and hence in effect, a service. Furthermore, the digital system provided institutional arrangements to support value cocreation. It was found that the digital systems provide services to the shop floor and management over different time frames. What was also identified from the analysis was that by using the three dimensions, it was possible to understand the system’s limitations in terms of supporting the value cocreation processes.

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Engineering climate for marginalized groups: Connections to peer relations and engineering identity

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et al. 2023

J of Engineering Edu

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Background: A better understanding of departmental climate and its relationship to engineering identity is needed to diversify engineering and improve marginalized students' experiences.Purpose/Hypothesis: We investigated whether undergraduate engineering students from 16 social identity groups perceived departmental climate differently from one another and examined psychological and behavioral factors contributing to these perceptions and their relationship to engineering identification.Design/Method: We surveyed 398 undergraduate engineering students about departmental climate and engineering identity, testing structural models across race and gender. Qualitative analysis of open-ended items complemented quantitative results.Results: Students rated climate for dominant identities (White, male, and/or US-born) as more welcoming than for 14 nondominant identities, broadening the notion of "nondominant" identities in engineering. In structural models, invariant across race and gender, students' perceptions of bias, safety, and faculty support predicted climate ratings; peer relations and microaggressions predicted engineering identity. There were mean differences in perceptions across intersections of race and gender, but students in all groups perceived a climate gap favoring dominant identities. Open-ended responses highlighted students' desire for a more diverse, inclusive program and the importance of peer relations. Conclusions: Departmental climate can be less welcoming for engineering students with many different nondominant identities. Attending to both students' own social positioning and their perceptions of climate for other students can open opportunities for change in engineering departments. Results suggest that efforts to improve peer relations in group work could be important in promoting disciplinary identification in historically marginalized groups.

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The Evolution of Teamwork in the Engineering Workplace from the First Industrial Revolution to Industry 4.0: A Literature Review

Cited by 19 publications

References 18 publications

Examining the Impact of Technology Overload at the Workplace: A Systematic Review

Examining the Impact of Technology Overload at the Workplace: A Systematic Review

Exploring factory digital production support system through the lens of Service Dominant logic

Engineering climate for marginalized groups: Connections to peer relations and engineering identity

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