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Book SynopsisThis new volume explores the new paradigm that is Industry 4.0—the application of information-intensive technologies that integrate software, hardware, and biology (cyber-physical systems) for effective manufacturing and related industries. This volume focuses specifically on leadership that can respond quickly and effectively to changing conditions in the Industry 4.0 environment. It looks at leadership skills needed during the COVID-19 pandemic, skills that can be applied to many other changing conditions as well.
The authors consider the role of virtual leadership in an age of working from home; present case studies that provide valuable lessons for the agile leader; and examine the crucial role of human resources in providing agile leadership to an organization. The volume aggregates original theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research on challenges and opportunities in the context on Industry 4.0.
Table of Contents1. Role of the Internet in Connecting Agile Industries: Industry 4.0 Scenario 2. Dynamics of Technological Unemployment, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship during the Industry 4.0 Revolution 3. Role of Big Data in Agile Business Management: A Conceptual Framework 4. HR 4.0 in Industry 4.0: Dynamics of Human Resource Management in Agile Organizations 5. Agile Leadership in Managing Human Capital in Industry 4.0 6. Institutionalization of Leadership Culture (ILC): A Key to Successful Industry 4.0 Transformation 7. Virtual Leadership: An Integral Phenomenon of Industry 4.0 8. Employee Engagement Perspectives in Agile Organizations: Managing People in Industry 4.0 9. Leadership Style in Times of Crisis: Traditional Mentoring to Remote Monitoring 10. The Power of Empathy: Rethinking Leadership Agility during Transition 11. Leadership: The Crux of a Buoyant Organizational Structure 12. What’s Brewing Up? Inventing a New Contemporary Leadership Model in the Era of Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Trade Wars 13. Role of Agile Leadership in the Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 14. Agile Personality: Machiavellianism and Positive Self-Impression Management Behavior via Interactive Role of Situational Mechanism 15. Amul-An Agile Brand and Its Leadership: "Road to Self-Reliance" 16. HR Challenges in the Post-COVID-19 World: Role of Agile Leadership towards Organizational Effectiveness 17. Agile Entrepreneurship: Probing into Women Entrepreneurial Innovation in Rural India 18. Linking Agile Methodology and Transformational Leadership to Project Success through Interplay of Team Building 19. Job Satisfaction among School Teachers: Probing into the Nature of Agility in Government and Private Secondary School
