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Silvia Ivaldi
Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

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Earlycite article
Published: 24 July 2021 in Journal of Workplace Learning
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Purpose This paper aims to address the relevance and impact of the fourth industrial revolution through a theoretical and practical perspective. The authors present both the results of a literature review, highlighting the new competences required in innovative workplaces and a pivotal case, which explores challenges and skill models diffused in industry 4.0, describing the role of proper organizational learning processes in shaping new work cultures. Design/methodology/approach The paper aims to enhance the discussion around the 4.0 industrial revolution addressing both a theoretical framework, valorizing the existing scientific contributes and the situated knowledge, embedded in a concrete organizational context in which the fourth industrial revolution is experienced and practiced. Findings The findings acquired through the case study endorse what the scientific literature highlights about the impact, the new competences and the organizational learning paths. The conclusions address the agile approach to work as the more suitable way to place humans at the center of technological progress. Research limitations/implications The paper explores a specific organizational context, related to a high-tech multinational company, whose results illustrate the empirical evidence sustaining transformations in the working, professional and organizational cultures necessary to face the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. The research was conducted with the managers of an international company and this a specific and limited target, even though relevant and interesting. Practical implications The paper connects the case with the general scenario, this study currently faces, to suggest hints and coordinates for crossing the unfolding situation and finding suitable matching between technological evolution and the development of new work and professional cultures and competences. Social implications Due to the acceleration that the COVID-19 has impressed to the use of digital technologies and remote connexion, the paper highlights some ambivalences that the quick evolution of the new technologies entails in relation to work and social conditions. Originality/value The opportunity to match both a literature analysis and an in-depth situated case study enhances the possibility to achieve a more articulated and complex view of the viral changes generated in the current context by the digitalization process.

ACS Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti; Ezio Fregnan. Dwelling within the fourth industrial revolution: organizational learning for new competences, processes and work cultures. Journal of Workplace Learning 2021, ahead-of-p, 1 .

AMA Style

Silvia Ivaldi, Giuseppe Scaratti, Ezio Fregnan. Dwelling within the fourth industrial revolution: organizational learning for new competences, processes and work cultures. Journal of Workplace Learning. 2021; ahead-of-p (ahead-of-p):1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti; Ezio Fregnan. 2021. "Dwelling within the fourth industrial revolution: organizational learning for new competences, processes and work cultures." Journal of Workplace Learning ahead-of-p, no. ahead-of-p: 1.

Journal article
Published: 20 March 2019 in Sustainability
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In recent years, the number of new organizations aiming to accomplish principles of sustainability has rapidly grown, leading analysts and scholars to announce almost a new industrial revolution. An example of this is the proliferation of the so-called fabrication laboratories (FabLabs) that nowadays are perceived as being forerunners in innovative and sustainable high-tech production through peer-to-peer collaborative practices and sharing. However, the challenges managers face in translating these promotional aims into organizational action is vastly understudied. To address this research gap, we have studied the management of two FabLabs, in Italy and Finland. In this study, we draw from a psycho-sociological framework applying cultural-historical activity theory, and especially from the concepts of activity system and contradiction. According to this perspective, a sustainable organization is based on promotion, enrichment, regeneration, and flexible change efforts, and it is related to the managerial and ability to bring internal and external stakeholders together to recognize and solve tensions and contradictions collectively. Through our case studies, we have provided new research knowledge on how managers make an effort to translate sustainability into action in the complex context of FabLabs, involving multiple, often competing stakeholders and activity systems. Our analysis reveals multiple tensions in the collective activity, stemming from system level contradictions, which represent a challenge for the daily work of the FabLab managers. In the paper we also suggest how an engaged management orientation towards sustainably can be promoted, and we discuss future research topics.

ACS Style

Laura Galuppo; Anu Kajamaa; Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti. Translating Sustainability into Action: A Management Challenge in FabLabs. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1676 .

AMA Style

Laura Galuppo, Anu Kajamaa, Silvia Ivaldi, Giuseppe Scaratti. Translating Sustainability into Action: A Management Challenge in FabLabs. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (6):1676.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Laura Galuppo; Anu Kajamaa; Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti. 2019. "Translating Sustainability into Action: A Management Challenge in FabLabs." Sustainability 11, no. 6: 1676.

Journal article
Published: 08 February 2019 in Sustainability
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In the new framework of the Psychology of sustainability and sustainable development, this paper addresses the issue of building socially sustainable processes to develop a better quality of life in an urban context. The aim is to explore and highlight the connection between the acknowledgment of a pluralistic and multi-stakeholder scenario, the entwined implications for sustainability at different levels (personal, social, organizational), and the enhancement of the participatory process of planning for future accomplishments. A case study supported by the Municipality of Milano (Italy) is analyzed with the aim to understand the key issues to improve the well-being of the citizens. The paper describes the context of the experience, highlighting the Delphi approach adopted and the ways applied to involve citizens in urban development policies. Discussion and conclusions address the lesson learnt from the case study, pointing out how to prompt and nurture sharing and knowing opportunities and the specific conditions that can support plural stakeholders’ engagement in a sustainable urban future.

ACS Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Francesca Bertè; Sergio Sorgi; Giuseppe Scaratti. Toward a Sustainable Future: The Case of the Municipality of Milan. Sustainability 2019, 11, 876 .

AMA Style

Silvia Ivaldi, Francesca Bertè, Sergio Sorgi, Giuseppe Scaratti. Toward a Sustainable Future: The Case of the Municipality of Milan. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (3):876.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Francesca Bertè; Sergio Sorgi; Giuseppe Scaratti. 2019. "Toward a Sustainable Future: The Case of the Municipality of Milan." Sustainability 11, no. 3: 876.

Journal article
Published: 01 December 2018 in Learning, Culture and Social Interaction
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The paper presents a formative intervention realized in Italy through which the authors highlight how participants develop transformative agency inside collective situations. The authors attempt to illustrate how the use of narrative and conversational material allows the identification, recognition, and elaboration of the organizational contradictions in formative interventions. The paper addresses the early steps of expansive learning (i.e., questioning and analyzing the situation), focusing on the emergence of conflicting motives and crises stemming from the practitioners' lived activity. The study explores the potential that stories and narratives used as mirror materials have in enhancing dialogue and sense making processes through which professional are able to examine conventional practices and evaluate habitual ways of seeing and behaving. The authors conclude the paper by discussing potentials and limits in the use of narrative accounts inside formative interventions.

ACS Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti. Narrative and conversational manifestation of contradictions: Social production of knowledge for expansive learning. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction 2018, 25, 100255 .

AMA Style

Silvia Ivaldi, Giuseppe Scaratti. Narrative and conversational manifestation of contradictions: Social production of knowledge for expansive learning. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 2018; 25 ():100255.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Silvia Ivaldi; Giuseppe Scaratti. 2018. "Narrative and conversational manifestation of contradictions: Social production of knowledge for expansive learning." Learning, Culture and Social Interaction 25, no. : 100255.