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Then, modern day organizations
are now stepping into the
industrial 0.5 reevaluation
which empathizes on conducive
workplace environment for
employees in the 21st century
organizations and also the fifth
industrial evolution encourages
employees to showcase their
creative talents in par with
the modern-day technological
upgrades thereby optimizing
workplace processes and
achieving organizational
sustainability in a loan run.
On the other hand, when
manufacturing processes in
organizations are facing several
uncertainties leading towards
possible crisis in the future,
the industry 5.0 approach will organizations are neither fully technology driven
safeguard whole manufacturing processes and there nor digital natives.
wouldn’t be any disruptions to the supply chain as
the industry 5.0 features high agility and resilience However, a challenge ahead with any organization,
to mitigate such uncertainties. whether service or manufacturing, is to remain
competitive and to meet the organizational
Further, going beyond the traditional manufacturing expectations and compete in completion.
processes, the industry 5.0 ensures employees Organizations recognize the knowledge of worker
interactions and well-being as it was a human centric productivity as an alternative to the manual worker
approach that replaced with intelligent technologies productivity which was considered as the strongest
such as internet of things etc., which were evolved measurement to restore competitiveness in the very
as a result of the 4.0 industrial revolution because good old businesses. Accordingly, transformation of
under the light of industry 4.0 organizations digital paradigms to knowledge worker productivity
achieved sustainability through convenience, has been welcomed by modern day organizations
efficiency and saved money and time with the use of because knowledge centered approach established
those smart connected devices and further industry high organizational performance and organizations
4.0 interconnects digital technologies such as AI that pay less focus on human asset and function
and such digital technologies were welcomed by all as production centered approach become less
the stakeholders as such interconnectivity enable completive in the long run as the production
originations to ensure long-term sustainability. efficiency cannot be achieve without human
intervention.
Alternatively, with the emergence of industry 5.0, high
dependency on digital technologies were changed A knowledge worker is someone whose primary
and the need of combination of both organizational responsibility is to handle or interpret information,
human assets and machines was arisen and by ideas, or knowledge. Knowledge workers include
combining digital technologies such as combining scientists, engineers, researchers, and IT specialists.
smart, precise, accurate machinery with human Enhancing their productivity in Industry 5.0 is
creativity and ingenuity, the Industry 5.0 maximizes crucial because they drive innovation through their
efficiency and productivity and with this movement creativity and problem-solving abilities.
heavy dependency on digital technologies were
gradually replaced with the human asset and it was
the starting point of the deviation from the digital
era which would be eventually benefited to maintain
completive advantage because many of the today’s