The Implementation Practice of Industry Revolution 4.0 Associated with Makassar Local Concept

摘要

The industry revolution 4.0 has given a huge impact to Makassar people. Hence, the implementation and practice of its principle has shown certain viewpoint and action. To figure out the implementation of industry revolution 4.0, the descriptive qualitative study was conducted. The study aimed at identifying and finding out the understanding of Makassar people towards the implementation of industry revolution 4.0 within five areas: understanding of the meaning of industry 4.0, support of digital technology to the life activities, the importance of Internet, the awareness of Bill of Act on Electronic Information and Transaction, and interaction and communication via social media. The subjects of the study were 30 Makassar people who live in Makassar and work in Universitas Negeri Makassar from three different positions who were chosen purposively. Data on the subjects' responses about their understanding towards the implementation of industry revolution 4.0 were collected through the distribution of questionnaire in the form of Likert Scale and the conduction of semi-structured. Data on the questionnaire were categorized into Extremely High, High, Moderate, Low, and Extremely Low. The finding showed that the subjects in accumulation were categorized Moderate with 31.93 mean score for their understanding towards the implementation of industry revolution 4.0. This means that the subjects did not have deep understanding but could comprehend certain principles of industry 4.0 in their life activities. It is inferred that their understanding towards industry 4.0 still needs to be intensely imparted and deepened, particularly to the stage of creating and customizing feasible products or possible ways and also to the agreement of the customs and tradition in Makassar.