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Creating a Sustainable Future Through the Integration of Management, Design, and Technology
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the collection of
global sustainability goals set by the United Nations General Assembly and they
are widely drawn on and paid particular attention to by three main stakeholders (the triple helix): governments,
industries, and higher education institutions (HEIs). Governments play a key role in achieving development goals
and targets through, for instance, setting and implementing water quality policy
frameworks and standards, regulating the discharge of pollutants into the
environment, as well as managing wastewater, recycling, and reuse of water
(UNDESA, 2015). The ninth goal of the SDGs (or Goal 9) points out that
industry, as it develops, drives an increase of value addition and enhances the
application of science, technology, and innovation; consequently, industries
are challenged to invest in skills and education and thus to provide the
resources necessary to meet broader, inclusive, and sustainable development
objectives (UN, 2018). Many universities attempt to articulate the processes
relationships embedded in the educational model, leading to the alignment of
the HEI strategy with the SDGs (Fleac? et al., 2018). In summary, the main idea
of integrating the triple helix is to enhance the production of research at
universities that is based on
the most critical demands or market needs, accelerated and supported by
relevant industries, and ultimately implemented by governments as a favorable
policy.In order to achieve sustainable development (environmental, social, and economic equity), three basic
elements—management, design, and technology—are very important and play
significant roles. Environmentally sound design (i.e., green building for
sustainable building construction) is a must and is becoming a principle
criterion for new building construction projects. Innovative and higher-level
design is making critical improvements to components that are expected to
function properly in order to contribute to high performance products (Berawi,
2014). On the other hand, the quality of products as output of design is
increasingly dependent on highly innovative design and technology. Technology innovation
plays a critical role in expediting a transition to a sustainable mode of
development and it is becoming an important instrument used to increase the
flow of new ideas and next-generation products (Berawi, 2015). The very success
of the process of creating valuable products is greatly determined by how
seriously management is taken or implemented. For example, good construction
project performance can contribute to increasing the resource efficiency and
reducing the impact on the environment during the construction lifecycle
(Berawi et al., 2013).
In this special edition of
IJTech, we are pleased to present twenty selected papers from the fifth
International Conference on Soft Science 2018 (ISSC, 2018) that focus on areas
related to the field of “soft science” in management. The conference was
organized by the Research and Innovation Management Centre (RIMC) of the
Universiti Utara Malaysia and
created for students, researchers, and professionals, such as media, to discuss
and share research and ideas in order to strengthen field management in relation to “soft science”, thus
contributing to the creation of a sustainable future for the community