IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i2p940-d724941.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Development of a Business Assessment and Diagnosis Tool That Considers the Impact of the Human Factor during Industrial Revolutions

Author

Listed:
  • Maximilian B. Torres

    (Busch School of Business, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, DC 20064, USA)

  • Diego Gallego-García

    (Industrial Engineering Technologies of the International School of Doctorate, National Distance Education University (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Sergio Gallego-García

    (Industrial Engineering Technologies of the International School of Doctorate, National Distance Education University (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Manuel García-García

    (Department of Construction and Fabrication Engineering, National Distance Education University (UNED), 28040 Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Over time, the satisfaction of needs and the ability to meet them have consistently increased. However, the world of the 21st century is one in which the basic needs of millions of human beings are still not satisfied. Why? To an extent, nonprofit organizations such as charities play essential roles in the needed improvement of this situation. In this regard, the human factor within an organization is key influence in organizational performance and societal impact. Human beings within organizations make decisions based on their own motives, so the ethical values of each person are significantly important. Therefore, it is necessary to use analyze the potential of the human factor in the fourth industrial revolution and to analyze its influence in the previous industrial revolutions. This research was aimed to conduct such analyses for a nonprofit charity. Moreover, the authors of this paper also analyzed the industrial revolution potentials of the charity case study using system dynamics. The relevance of the presented paper was ensured by the aforementioned combination of topics. The results showed how greater impacts, higher expenses, and higher stocks were not necessarily able to quantitatively satisfy food needs in a timely manner if the human factor and global effectiveness and efficiency were not optimized. When these aspects were optimized, our hypothesis was proven, as the models set for further industrial revolutions were shown to provide better results in the satisfaction, efficiency, and economic indicators with a lower financial need; therefore, this model can be used to satisfy other needs of Maslow’s pyramid. In conclusion, this proposed approach empowers welfare organizations to increase their CSR consideration, thus enabling them to use internal mechanisms to secure viability in the pursuit of a high-performance CSR approach.

Suggested Citation

  • Maximilian B. Torres & Diego Gallego-García & Sergio Gallego-García & Manuel García-García, 2022. "Development of a Business Assessment and Diagnosis Tool That Considers the Impact of the Human Factor during Industrial Revolutions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-25, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:940-:d:724941
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/2/940/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/2/940/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. de Haan, Fjalar J. & Ferguson, Briony C. & Adamowicz, Rachelle C. & Johnstone, Phillip & Brown, Rebekah R. & Wong, Tony H.F., 2014. "The needs of society: A new understanding of transitions, sustainability and liveability," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 121-132.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Guillermo Fuertes & Jorge Zamorano & Miguel Alfaro & Manuel Vargas & Jorge Sabattin & Claudia Duran & Rodrigo Ternero & Ricardo Rivera, 2022. "Opportunities of the Technological Trends Linked to Industry 4.0 for Achieve Sustainable Manufacturing Objectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-36, September.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Madsen, Herle Mo & Brown, Rebekah & Elle, Morten & Mikkelsen, Peter Steen, 2017. "Social construction of stormwater control measures in Melbourne and Copenhagen: A discourse analysis of technological change, embedded meanings and potential mainstreaming," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 198-209.
    2. Qi Zhang & Esther Hiu-Kwan Yung & Edwin Hon-Wan Chan, 2021. "Meshing Sustainability with Satisfaction: An Investigation of Residents’ Perceptions in Three Different Neighbourhoods in Chengdu, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-32, November.
    3. Zamboni, Nadia Selene & Noleto Filho, Eurico Mesquita & Carvalho, Adriana Rosa, 2021. "Unfolding differences in the distribution of coastal marine ecosystem services values among developed and developing countries," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 189(C).
    4. Shaye Palagi & Amy Javernick-Will, 2020. "Pathways to Livable Relocation Settlements Following Disaster," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-25, April.
    5. Pieter Bloemen & Tim Reeder & Chris Zevenbergen & Jeroen Rijke & Ashley Kingsborough, 2018. "Lessons learned from applying adaptation pathways in flood risk management and challenges for the further development of this approach," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 23(7), pages 1083-1108, October.
    6. Peter W. Newton & Briony C. Rogers, 2020. "Transforming Built Environments: Towards Carbon Neutral and Blue-Green Cities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-25, June.
    7. Bennich, Amelie & Engwall, Mats & Nilsson, David, 2023. "Operating in the shadowland: Why water utilities fail to manage decaying infrastructure," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C).
    8. Lubna Rashid, 2022. "Bursting the bubble: why sustainability initiatives often lack adequate intention to action translation," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(1), pages 1-9, June.
    9. Särkilahti, Maarit & Kinnunen, Viljami & Kettunen, Riitta & Jokinen, Ari & Rintala, Jukka, 2017. "Replacing centralised waste and sanitation infrastructure with local treatment and nutrient recycling: Expert opinions in the context of urban planning," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 195-204.
    10. Zolfagharian, Mohammadreza & Walrave, Bob & Raven, Rob & Romme, A. Georges L., 2019. "Studying transitions: Past, present, and future," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(9), pages 1-1.
    11. De Luca, Francesco & Iaia, Lea & Mehmood, Asad & Vrontis, Demetris, 2022. "Corrigendum to “Can social media improve stakeholder engagement and communication of Sustainable Development Goals? A cross-country analysis”," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    12. Nilofer Tajuddin & Marcin Dąbrowski, 2021. "Enabling Socio-Ecological Resilience in the Global South: Insights from Chennai, India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-24, September.
    13. Sara Antognelli & Marco Vizzari & Catharina J. E. Schulp, 2018. "Integrating Ecosystem and Urban Services in Policy-Making at the Local Scale: The SOFA Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-19, March.
    14. Malekpour, Shirin & de Haan, Fjalar J. & Brown, Rebekah R., 2016. "A methodology to enable exploratory thinking in strategic planning," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 192-202.
    15. Moallemi, Enayat A. & de Haan, Fjalar J. & Webb, John M. & George, Biju A. & Aye, Lu, 2017. "Transition dynamics in state-influenced niche empowerments: Experiences from India's electricity sector," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 129-141.
    16. Gustavo Bermejo-Martín & Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy, 2019. "Sustainability and Water Sensitive Cities: Analysis for Intermediary Cities in Andalusia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(17), pages 1-25, August.
    17. De Luca, Francesco & Iaia, Lea & Mehmood, Asad & Vrontis, Demetris, 2022. "Can social media improve stakeholder engagement and communication of Sustainable Development Goals? A cross-country analysis," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
    18. Daniele Ehrlich & Sergio Freire & Michele Melchiorri & Thomas Kemper, 2021. "Open and Consistent Geospatial Data on Population Density, Built-Up and Settlements to Analyse Human Presence, Societal Impact and Sustainability: A Review of GHSL Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-24, July.
    19. Gustavo Bermejo-Martín & Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy & Yilsy M. Núñez-Guerrero, 2020. "Design Thinking for Urban Water Sustainability in Huelva’s Households: Needfinding and Synthesis through Statistic Clustering," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(21), pages 1-26, November.
    20. Moallemi, Enayat A. & de Haan, Fjalar & Kwakkel, Jan & Aye, Lu, 2017. "Narrative-informed exploratory analysis of energy transition pathways: A case study of India's electricity sector," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 110(C), pages 271-287.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:940-:d:724941. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.