Barba-Sánchez Virginia, Orozco-Barbosa Luis, Arias-Antúnez Enrique
ENSITMA R.G., Department of Business Science, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
I3A, Department of Computer Systems, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Dec 14;12:731443. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.731443. eCollection 2021.
Smart City initiatives across the globe have spurred increasing demand for high-skilled workers. The digital transformation, one of the main building blocks of the Smart City movement, is calling for a workforce prepared to develop novel business processes. Problem-solving, critical and analytical thinking are now the essential skills being looked at by employees. The development of the so-called STEM curriculum, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics is being given a lot of attention by educational boards in response to preparing young generations for the Smart City work market. Based on the IMD Smart City Index, PISA, and World Bank reports, we develop a model for assessing the impact of the IT secondary school capacities on Smart-City business developments. The model reveals the relationship between the technological capacity of the secondary-school, and the business activity of a Smart City. Moreover, the study shows the existence of a positive relationship between the IT capacity of secondary schools and the resulting entrepreneurial activity of the city. Our results are of interest to decision-makers and stakeholders responsible for designing educational policies and agents involved in the digital transformation and development of Smart Cities initiatives.
全球范围内的智慧城市倡议刺激了对高技能工人的需求不断增加。数字转型作为智慧城市运动的主要基石之一，需要一支准备好开发新颖业务流程的劳动力队伍。解决问题、批判性和分析性思维现在是雇主所看重的基本技能。为了让年轻一代为智慧城市就业市场做好准备，教育委员会对所谓的STEM课程（科学、技术、工程和数学）的发展给予了高度关注。基于IMD智慧城市指数、国际学生评估项目（PISA）和世界银行的报告，我们开发了一个模型，用于评估信息技术中等学校能力对智慧城市商业发展的影响。该模型揭示了中学技术能力与智慧城市商业活动之间的关系。此外，研究表明中学的信息技术能力与城市由此产生的创业活动之间存在正相关关系。我们的研究结果对于负责设计教育政策的决策者和利益相关者以及参与智慧城市倡议数字转型和发展的机构具有参考价值。
