Reskilling Society In Facing The New Stage Of Workforces
“Genesis” in Greek language which means birth, the new start. With No Exception, when computers were introduced in Industry 3.0, it was disruptive, thanks to the addition of an entirely new technology. Now, and into the future as Industry 4.0 unfolds, computers are connected and communicate with one another to ultimately make decisions without human involvement. A combination of cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and the Internet of Systems make Industry 4.0 possible and the smart factory a reality. As a result of the support of smart machines that keep getting smarter as they get access to more data, our factories will become more efficient and productive and less wasteful. Ultimately, the network of these machines that are digitally connected with one another and create and share information that results in the true power of Industry 4.0. Industrial Revolution 4.0 was coming up in line with the speed of technology’s advancement. And this is when economics faced their new Genesis. We can see how everythings can be connected through Internet, every workfield can be automated by robot, and every forms can be re-build with artificial intelligence.
Well Developed Countries such as USA, Japan,and the incoming “super power” country, china has prepared from a long time to adapt with the rapid changes of workforces in the future. Quoting from USA Department Of Labors Website, they are in the midst of dramatic shifts in the structure, quality and availability of work. Technology is changing industries, blurring legal categories and altering employment practices in ways we could not have imagined. There is excitement and opportunity in these changes, including the promise that technology can be used to empower workers who have been marginalized. But there is also enormous potential for bias to creep in, especially given this nation’s history of discrimination, and for the new structures that are being developed to reinforce rather than address inequality. One example: Data mining firms can rely on inaccurate or expunged criminal records to filter job applicants from a hiring pool — a process, invisible to the applicant, that can embed racial discrimination. Bias can also affect emerging systems that rely heavily on customer feedback. For all the promise of the new economy that is premised on innovation, mflexibility and rapid evolution, it is important to keep in mind that unbounded discretion has a long and problematic history in this country.
However, China is profoundly investing in IT. Its government said that it wants to be a 1 trillion yuan ($147.7 billion) world leader in AI by 2030, and said in January that it will build a state-backed $2.1 billion AI research and development park to house 400 tech businesses. Two policy plans are the expression of that determination: the Made in China(MIC 2025) Plan, and China’s Internet Plus (IP) Plan both seek to promote innovation-driven development through robots, 3D printing, Big Data, and the integration of manufacturing and services through the mobile Internet (Honolulu: East- West Center, 2016).
On the Japan side, Technological innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Japan’s demographic traits such as aging population with declining birthrate are expected to bring significant changes to the industrial and employment structures and socioeconomic systems, and call for more diverse and flexible work styles to working individuals. The national dialogue on the Future of Work took place on 12 May 2017 co-hosted by the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) and the ILO. In addition to the keynote speech by Mr. Guy Ryder, Director-General of the ILO, the forum provided an opportunity to think about how the future of work should be through discussions among the representatives of the academia, employers’ organizations, workers’ organizations, and leading research institutions.
We can see, how they develop so well not just in overall condition right now, but they prepare for their sustainability through all defiance that might come rapidly. Society was the keyholders in this case. Every changes and supposed to be we ready or not is relied on how society adapt in rapid way to renew and restructure the way their thinking and acting.
Refer to World Economics Forum Reports about future workforce strategy, Respondents’ expectations about future skills requirements also provide a relatively clear indication of where such retraining efforts might be concentrated in the most effective and efficient way. The Report categorizes work-relevant skills into abilities, basic skills and cross-functional skills (Figure 9), with particularly strong demand growth expected in certain cross-functional skills, cognitive abilities and basic skills such as active learning and ICT literacy. Applying a time lens to the potential for acquisition of these skills (what ManpowerGroup refers to as a teachable fit18), it seems clear that targeted training in cross-functional skills is within the remit of an individual company or even a group of companies coming together for synergy and greater efficiency. By contrast, cognitive abilities take much longer to develop and touch upon the need for high quality and inclusive secondary, primary and pre-school education. This is a field in which government policy will be required and companies can work with governments to clearly define the need and introduce new delivery models. Finally, basic skills are also traditionally acquired during formal education and before entering the workforce, but are relatively straightforward to acquire compared to cognitive abilities. This is a field in which companies have an opportunity to take a proactive approach to building their talent pipelines by working much more directly with education providers.
SOURCES :
http://reports.weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/future-workforce-strategy/https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/09/02/what-is-industry-4-0-heres-a- super-easy-explanation-for-anyone/#5bc403919788
https://www.ilo.org/tokyo/fow/langen/index.htmhttps://www.marcopolo.study/2018/03/14/chinas-view-on-the-future-of-work/
https://blog.dol.gov/2016/02/19/innovation-social-risk-and-the-future-of-workhttps://www.i-scoop.eu/industry-4-0/
