Student presentation - Chanvi Singh

1. Ready, Set,
Industry 4.0
Social Factors Affecting Readiness
for Industry 4.0

2. Purpose
investigate the
importance of social
system factors like:
culture
innovation
organisations’
attitudes

3. Introduction
What is Industry 4.0 ?
 Launched by the German government in 2011.
 Digitalisation and interconnection of products, value
chains, machines and processes
 Manufacturing
 Changing Industries

4. Readiness
for
Industry
4.0
Psychosocial
Safety
Climate
Innovation
Capacity
Attitudes
towards
Organisational
Change

5.  Shared perception of policies, procedures and
practices.
 Precursor to positive organisational outcomes.
 Management’s prioritisation of employee wellbeing.
 Resources to balance demands.
Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC)

6. Innovation Capacity
 Ability of an organisation to develop and implement
new ideas and products.
 Strong link between Industry 4.0 and Innovation.
 Value embedded technologies and processes into
marketable outcomes.

7. Attitudes towards Organisational Change
 Increase in use of Artificial Intelligence and automation
 I4.0 will change the way we understand work.
 Having the correct attitude and the correct response to
change is extremely vital.
 Organisations that are more confident in their ability to change
are better equipped to handle the adverse effects of change.

8. Participants &Analysis
192 decision makers.
91-item questionnaire.
Pathway Analyses

9. Results from path analysis
Model 1
Psychosocial
Safety Climate
Innovation
Capacity
Attitudes towards
Organisational
Change
Readiness for
Industry 4.0

10. Variance explained by Innovation Capacity
and Attitudes Towards Organisational
Change
59%
41%
Readiness for Industry 4.0
IC and ATOC
Others

11. Key Findings
 Managers safeguard employee wellbeing and are able to make
employees feel safe and valued.
 Innovation Capacity and Attitudes towards Organisational Change
are significant predictors.
 This suggests that PSC is an important precursor.
 Look beyond technological aspects to prepare for Industry 4.0.

12. Practical Implications
 Informs practitioners to go beyond keeping up with
technological advancements.
 Informs managers how they can create a conducive climate.
 Employee wellbeing impacts a wide range of business and
productivity outcomes.

13. Questions?
Supervisors
David Cropley
Maureen Dollard

14. Measures
1. Psychosocial Safety Climate- PSC-12 (12 questions) (M.
Dollard et al., 2012).
2. Innovation Capacity – The Innovation Phase Assessment
Instrument (30 questions) (Cropley et al., 2013)
3. Attitudes towards Organisational Change- OCQ-CPR (21
Questions) (Bouckenooghe et al., 2009).
4. Readiness for Industry 4.0 – Readiness for Industry 4.0 Survey
(Skills and Business Readiness) (28 Questions) (Cropley et
al.,2019)