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Formación de profesionales para la empresa del siglo XXI

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  • Esperanza Marcos Martínez

    (Grupo de Investigación Kybele, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

  • Mª Luz Martín Peña

    (Grupo de Investigación Kybele, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

Abstract

The successive industrial revolutions have brought with them substantial economic and social changes. The introduction of digital technology into industry is currently giving rise to what is known as Industry 4.0, creating new business models and therefore new ways of working. In this context, the knowledge and abilities required of workers are different from those required by firms in the first industrial revolution. The key to productivity no longer lies in physical skills but in knowing how to use the huge quantity of information produced so as to provide the best solutions. Today’s businesses require a new type of professional capable of blending cross-sectoral skills with specific expertise, adapting easily to different disciplines and linking knowledge from different areas («T-shaped professionals»). Universities therefore need to adapt their syllabuses if they are to meet this new challenge successfully.

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  • Esperanza Marcos Martínez & Mª Luz Martín Peña, 2016. "Formación de profesionales para la empresa del siglo XXI," EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza / Basque Government, vol. 89(01), pages 174-193.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekz:ekonoz:2016107
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    Keywords

    Industry 4.0; services; technology; digitalization; training; professionalization;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General

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