Journal of Technology & Governance

Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Transportation Sector

Raul Rodriguez — 2020-06-15

Purpose: The purpose of the present article is to highlight the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
in the transportation industry and the various technologies being integrated to improve the
service and practical applications. The expected changes and challenges in transportation in the
future are focused in this paper.
Design/methodology/approach: A systematic study on the emerging technologies of AI and
applied in the transportation sector is presented in the form of a viewpoint.
Findings: AI certainly enhances the transportation services, however it cannot surpass the
human touch which is an essential determinant of experiential transportation services. AI acts as
an effective complementary dimension to the future of transportation.
Practical implications: The AI applications in transport are being constantly updated in various
frameworks. The three fundamental cases are the following:
(i)
The utilization of AI in corporate choice-making, arranging, and overseeing
transportation frameworks. This can be imperative to overcome the issue of a ceaselessly
rising request with restricted street supply. This incorporates a better utilization of
precise forecasting and location models pointing toward growing figure activity
volumes, activity conditions, and occurrences.
(ii)
Applications of AI aiming to improve public transport is also discussed. It is due to the
understanding that open transportation is respected as an economical mode of versatility.
Originality/value : The present viewpoint discusses the application and role of AI in the
transportation industry with the help of relevant examples and theory. The present paper
highlights the different technologies and mathematical models being used and will be used in the
future.

Technology Enabled Governance in Management Decision Making – An Analytical Appraisal of Fourth Industrial Revolution

Prof. (Dr.) Debasis Bhattacharya — 2020-06-05

The contemporary highly connected world has been witnessing in recent years a massive wave of technology breakthroughs making impeccable impact on the lives of people in an inclusive manner. Advancements in the arena of information and communication technology have enabled virtual transformation of organizational strategic management decision process irrespective of public and private sector operations while enhancing the efficacy of governance mechanism for product delivery in the socio-economic value chain. The advent and steady crystallization of Fourth Industrial Revolution has further propelled the idea of synthesizing scientific and technological pursuits for wider benefit of societies in an inclusive manner. This paper analyses the implications of Fourth Industrial Revolution on the technology enabled governance paradigm to ascertain the efficacy and efficiency of strategic management decision process. While doing so this study makes effort in extending the dimensions of interdisciplinary research by configuring an innovative and adaptable multidimensional ROC Technology-Governance Intervention Model to meaningfully explain the convergence between the mainstream socio-politico-economic principles with technological advancements streamlining governance while enhancing the efficacy of management decision making. The Model allows for fusion of technology to the broader cause of inclusiveness in governance mechanism for shared prosperity, which is the intent Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Cocreated Projects Worth Doing

Arthur Shelley — 2020-06-25

The fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).aThe fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).The fact that an unpredictable event like the COVID Pandemic can disable humanity’s significant structures (social, economic and political), demonstrates just how vulnerable that system is. Our systems are running on the brink of sustainability to optimise efficiency and making it quite fragile. We can create a more resilient and adaptable system, if we challenge ourselves to do things differently and invest our collective knowledge in more sustainable approaches. To achieve such desired outcomes, we will benefit from adopting more cocreative approaches for the design and implementation of strategic change. One effective tool for this purpose is “ Cocreated Project Worth Doing” (CPWD). This article describes what CPWD are, where they evolved from, and why they have greater agility and impact than traditional project methods in uncertainty. This article acknowledges that there is value in maintaining a diversity of approaches to project design and implementation. CPWD does not replace traditional project management (PM) design and implementation methods, it adds to our PM toolkit, especially in VUCA situations (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous).

Fulcrum of History

Derek Bates — 2020-06-15

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been revolutions. The use of flint as cutting tools, the discovery that irrigation could multiply the productivity of land which led to the growth of cities, steam, iron, electricity and most of all the electron which enables us to communicate with each other, first by telephone and latterly by computers and mobiles. All of these took time to effect changes, often centuries. In contrast, the cultural changes we are now seeing will take only months. Just as in the West the past is dated as BC or AD, we will refer to BV, before virus and AV, after virus to record the rapid and dramatic changes which the virus will wreak.