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On 13 October 2022, Federal President Steinmeier awarded Prof. Dr. habil. Klaus J. Zink the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his extraordinary commitment to labour research and the improvement of working conditions at national and international level.
Working conditions in global supply chains and the social responsibility of principals are attracting increasing interest in civil society, politics and jurisprudence. This reader provides legal, economic and labour science basics for all those who are or will be involved in the globalisation of labour. Furthermore, it contains suggestions for the further development of science dealing with the design of work.
The current issue of WISO direkt addresses the specifics of the social economy compared to other economic sectors, which accordingly require a different form of digital transformation, and highlights opportunities as well as risks of digitalisation. In addition to the necessary investments in the technical infrastructure, a digital transformation also requires suitable innovation structures and cultures.
Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink hands over the scientific management of the Institute for Technology and Work (ITA) to Prof. Dr. Matthias Rohs. 25 years ago, Klaus J. Zink founded the institute from his former chair at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern as an independent organization and built it up over the years into a recognized and successful research institution. On April 1, 2020, he will now hand over the scientific management to his successor Prof. Dr. Matthias Rohs, holder of the chair for adult education at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.
The book pays tribute to Prof. Joachim Münch and his work in vocational education on his 100th birthday. The ITA's contribution shows challenges and the current situation of human resource development against the background of digitization and Industry 4.0.
This book deals with the central question of how human factors and ergonomics (HFE) might contribute to solutions for the more sustainable development of our world. The contents of the book are highly compatible with the recent political agenda for sustainable development as well as with sustainability research from other disciplines.The book aims to summarize [...]
Arbeit und Organisation im digitalen Wandel beschreibt eine mögliche Zukunft der Arbeitswelt. Dabei stehen verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Digitalisierung in den Funktionen bzw. den Prozessen sowie der Organisation als Ganzes im Mittelpunkt. Dies betrifft sowohl die Produktion als auch deren vor- und nachgelagerte Prozesse im Unternehmen, aber auch Supportprozesse anderer Einheiten, wie z. B. des Personalwesens. [...]
Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink, scientific director of the Institute for Technology and Work e.V. at the TU Kaiserslautern, was appointed to the "Future of Work" task force of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). The task force wants to work out an international state of the art for the change of the world of work and derive from it research needs for national or regional industrial science societies as well as the Technical Committees of the IEA.
At the 65th Spring Congress of the Society for Human Factors and Ergonomics (GfA) in Dresden, Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink, Scientific Director of the Institute for Technology and Work at the TU Kaiserslautern and Senior Research Professor "Industrial Management and Human Factors" in the Department of Economics at the TU, was awarded honorary membership of the GfA. With this he is honoured for his outstanding achievements and merits within the GfA.
