Li Ling
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA.
Inf Syst Front. 2022 Jul 13:1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10796-022-10308-y.
Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing manufacturing processes and has a powerful impact on globalization by changing the workforce and increasing access to new skills and knowledge. World Economic Forum estimates that, by 2025, 50% of all employees will need reskilling due to adopting new technology. Five years from now, over two-thirds of skills considered important in today's job requirements will change. A third of the essential skills in 2025 will consist of technology competencies not yet regarded as crucial to today's job requirements. In this study, we focus our discussion on the reskilling and upskilling of the future-ready workforce in the era of Industry 4.0 and beyond. We have delineated top skills sought by the industry to realize Industry 4.0 and presented a blueprint as a reference for people to learn and acquire new skills and knowledge. The findings of the study suggest that life-long learning should be part of an organization's strategic goals. Both individuals and companies need to commit to reskilling and upskilling and make career development an essential phase of the future workforce. Great efforts should be taken to make these learning opportunities, such as reskilling and upskilling, accessible, available, and affordable to the workforce. This paper provides a unique perspective regarding a future-ready learning society as an essential integral of the vision of Industry 4.0.
工业4.0正在彻底改变制造流程，并通过改变劳动力构成以及增加获取新技能和知识的机会，对全球化产生强大影响。世界经济论坛估计，到2025年，由于采用新技术，50%的员工将需要重新学习技能。从现在起五年后，在当今工作要求中被视为重要的技能，超过三分之二将会改变。2025年三分之一的关键技能将包括目前尚未被视为对当今工作要求至关重要的技术能力。在本研究中，我们将讨论重点放在工业4.0及以后时代具备未来胜任力的劳动力的技能再培训和技能提升上。我们已经勾勒出行业实现工业4.0所追求的顶级技能，并提出了一个蓝图，作为人们学习和获取新技能及知识的参考。该研究结果表明，终身学习应成为组织战略目标之一。个人和公司都需要致力于技能再培训和技能提升，并将职业发展作为未来劳动力的一个重要阶段。应付出巨大努力，使这些学习机会，如技能再培训和技能提升，对劳动力来说是可获取、可获得且负担得起的。本文就未来就绪型学习社会作为工业4.0愿景的重要组成部分提供了独特视角。
