Introduction to the Supplement: Advancing the practice of operations management and innovation to drive Africa forward in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is paving the way for new and disruptive approaches to managing operations, innovation, and supply chains. Africa cannot ignore this revolution and afford to stand by while the rest of the world moves forward. In this paper, I invite scholars in the broader field of operations management and innovation to take part in the dialogue, undertake research to advance Africa in the 4IR era, publish their work to ensure that what happens in Africa does not remain in Africa, and inspire or be inspired by others around the world. Consequently, I provide an overview of four papers that were presented at the second African Operations Management Conference in 2019. The conference was hosted by the University of South Africa in partnership with the Africa Automation Fair. These papers focus on the readiness of academic institutions to produce graduates that possess 4IR skill sets, the options available to firms to manage their dependency on suppliers’ supply chain innovation, the design dimensions that impact a supply chain network to perform effectively and operate with resilience while facing disruptions, and the individual components of contractor commitment to incorporate into the decision-making process to deliver road infrastructure projects in a sustainable and socially responsible manner.增刊简介：推进运营管理和创新实践，推动非洲在第四次工业革命（4IR）时代向前发展
摘要第四次工业革命（4IR）为管理运营、创新和供应链的新的颠覆性方法铺平了道路。非洲不能忽视这场革命，不能在世界其他地区前进的时候袖手旁观。在这篇论文中，我邀请更广泛的运营管理和创新领域的学者参加对话，进行研究，在4IR时代推动非洲，发表他们的工作，以确保非洲发生的事情不会留在非洲，并激励或受到世界各地其他人的启发。因此，我概述了在2019年第二届非洲运营管理会议上提交的四篇论文。会议由南非大学与非洲自动化博览会合作主办。这些论文关注的是学术机构培养具有4IR技能的毕业生的准备情况，企业管理对供应商供应链创新依赖的选择，影响供应链网络在面临中断时有效运行和恢复能力的设计维度，以及承包商承诺以可持续和对社会负责的方式将道路基础设施项目纳入决策过程的各个组成部分。
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Africa Journal of Management
Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management
CiteScore
2.80
自引率
15.40%
发文量
20
期刊介绍：
The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.
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