ECC3145 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Technology, work, and society
Faculty of Business and Economics
ECC3145 The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Technology, work, and society is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ECC3145. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) presents society with new challenges and opportunities to further improve living standards. This unit will provide you with the information needed to understand and analyse current trends and debates about the future of work in the 4IR. The unit will do so by considering the role of ideas, entrepreneurship, and technology in changing the nature of work, and the implications for society and the economy. Topics covered will include the effects of recent technological advancements, such as robotics, AI, big data and online platforms on wage inequality, employment opportunity and on the nature, duration and location of work; the role of technological advancements during the First, Second and Third Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment and the establishment of beliefs about social progress, Joseph Schumpeter’s ideas on ‘creative destruction’ and the role of entrepreneurship in driving economic progress.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ECC3145.
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
gain a historical perspective on the evolving nature of work with emphasis on the interplay between new technologies and working and living conditions.
- 2
develop critical thinking skills relating to the changing nature of work and its economic, political, and social implications
- 3
understand emerging patterns of labour markets, trade, and fiscal policy implications (including taxation)
- 4
understand emerging market structure outcomes from an Industrial Organisation perspective.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials12 hours
- Lectures24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ECC3145 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECC3145?
ECC3145 has no prerequisites.
When is ECC3145 offered?
ECC3145 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ECC3145?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ECC3145 have an exam?
No. ECC3145 has 1 assessment task and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ECC3145?
ECC3145 is part of Economic analysis and Economics.