Management Trends in the Context of Industry 4.0

Research Article

Prediction of the relevance of employees' competencies in context of organizations strategies change

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.4-12-2020.2303447,
        author={Katarina Stachova and Lucia Kohnov\^{a} and Nat\^{a}lia Vos\^{a}tkov\^{a}},
        title={Prediction of the relevance of employees' competencies in context of organizations strategies change},
        proceedings={Management Trends in the Context of Industry 4.0},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={MANAGEMENTTRENDS},
        year={2021},
        month={11},
        keywords={human resources management competitiveness industry 40 job position},
        doi={10.4108/eai.4-12-2020.2303447}
    }
    
  • Katarina Stachova
    Lucia Kohnová
    Natália Vosátková
    Year: 2021
    Prediction of the relevance of employees' competencies in context of organizations strategies change
    MANAGEMENTTRENDS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.4-12-2020.2303447
Katarina Stachova1,*, Lucia Kohnová2, Natália Vosátková3
  • 1: Institut of Civil Society, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Trnava 917 01, Slovakia
  • 2: Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Management Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
  • 3: Faculty of Management, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
*Contact email: katarina.stachova@ucm.sk

Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by the onset of radical changes associated with the advent of new technologies that enable the dis-semination and sharing of innovation much faster than ever before. The question arises, what will be the future of work, and how will the competen-cies of the employees and employers emerge in today’s digital era? Study from the 2017 Manyika et al. claims that by 2030, 75 million to 375 million workers (3 to 14 percent of the global work force) will have to switch their actual job positions and their occupational cate-gories. In the sample of 50 Slovak companies, we have analyzed the expected focus of companies for the following 5-10 years. The most expected trend (48% of com-panies) is greater focus on services. Further, one third of the analyzed companies ex-pect to focus on expansion of business activities, creation of new additional services, expansion of company´s operations and transition to digital way of providing services. More than 70 percent of analyzed companies see soft skills as important, followed by professional qualification and analytical skills.