Development of a training concept for leadership 4.0 in production environments

Industry 4.0 and the associated technological change result in far-reaching modifications not only having an impact on a company’s organization, but also on the people within it. Managers thereby play a crucial role as they form one major component of a successful change process. Hence, the presented Leadership 4.0 training concept was developed in order to further qualify and sensitize managers for new forms of leadership in the era of Industry 4.0. The training module allows production managers to understand how leadership changes through Industry 4.0 and which specific aspects should be taken into consideration, especially with respect to employee management. In contrast to existing leadership trainings, the presented training especially focuses on production environments and is therefore primarily carried out within the wbk Learning Factory on Global Production. This way, changes resulting from digitization and Industry 4.0 can be vividly experienced and transferred to the managers' day-to-day work.