The impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the functions of management

Vstopamo v novo dobo četrte industrijske revolucije ali drugače imenovane industrije 4.0, v tej dobi pa bomo priča nastanku veliko novih tehnologij, ki bodo imele vpliv na naša vsakdanja življenja in tudi na delovanje samih organizacij. Prav tako bomo te nove tehnologije opisali, saj bodo podjetja v prihodnosti brez uporabljanja teh tehnologij,težko ostala konkurenčna na svojih trgih. V tem diplomskem delu se bomo osredotočili na vpliv četrte industrijske revolucije na funkcije managementa, ki pa so: načrtovanje, organiziranje, vodenje ter nadzorovanje oziroma kontroling. Te funkcije bomo najprej opisali in predstavili ter tudi omenili njihove aktivnosti, ki se izvajajo v vsaki iz posamičnih funkcij managementa. Opisali bomo tudi vse industrijske revolucije, ki smo jim bili priča do sedaj, pri tem bomo omenili še tehnologije in posledice, ki so jih prinesle industrijske revolucije s svojimi novimi tehnologijami. Najbolj pa se bomo osredotočili na industrijsko revolucijo, ki nam sledi oziroma se že dogaja, to pa je četrta industrijska revolucija. Tako bomo spoznali tehnologije, ki jih le-ta prinaša, kakšne so njene glavne prednosti in s kakšnimi izzivi se bodo morale soočiti organizacije, ki bodo industrijo 4.0 implementirale.V zadnjem poglavju bomo odgovorili na naš izpostavljen problem, kako bo četrta revolucija vplivala na funkcije managementa. Pri tem bomo opisali, kakšen bo vpliv na aktivnosti, ki se izvajajo v funkcijah managementakakšni bodo morali biti managerji oziroma vodje, da bodo kos tem spremembam in tudi kakšne ljudi bodo iskali, da bodo ti lahko doprinesli svoj maksimum podjetju, ki jih zaposluje oziroma jih bo zaposlovalo. Ta diplomska naloga nam bo pomagala pri pripravi na spremembe, ki jih prinaša četrta industrijska revolucija. Razložili pa bomo tudi, kako si lahko s to novo tehnologijopomagamo pri funkcijah managementa, ki jo prinaša četrta industrijska revolucija, da bomo z njo lahko izvajali funkcije managementa na najlažji možni način.We are entering into a new era of the fourth industrial revolution or otherwise called industry 4.0, and in this era, we will witness the creation of many new technologies that will have a huge impact on our daily lives and also on the functioning of the organizations. We are going to also describe these new technologies. Because in the future, companies will have a hard time staying competitive on their markets without using these new technologies. In this diploma thesis, we will focus on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the functions of management, that are planning, organizing, leading and controlling. In the first chapter we are going to describe and present these functions and also mention their activities that are performed in each of the individual management functions. We are also going to describe all the industrial revolutions that we have witnessed so far and we are going to also mention the technologies and consequences that industrial revolutions have brought with their new technologies. But our main focus will still remain on the industrial revolution that follows us actually it is already happening, this industrial revolution is the fourth industrial revolution, we are going to learn about the technologies that this industrial revolution is going to bring, what are its main advantages and what challenges these organizations will have to face by implementing industry 4.0.In the last chapter we are going to find an answer to our problem of how the fourth revolution is going to impact functions of management. We will describe the impact on the activities that are performed in the management functions. What kind of managers or leaders will they have to be so that they will be able to cope with these new changes and what kind of people will they have to look for so that these people will be able to bring their maximum to the company that employs or will employ them. This diploma thesis is also going to help us prepare for the changes that are or will be brought by the fourth industrial revolution. We are also going to explain how we can help ourselves with these new technologies that are brought by the fourth industrial revolution at performing management functions, so that we can perform management functions in the easiest possible way