Challenges in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

• Main Authors: Man Gabriela-Maria, Man Mihaela
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
• Series: Revista Academiei Forţelor Terestre
• Subjects: fourth industrial revolution; flexibility; digitalization; employability
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2019-0038

The beginning of the twenty-first century represents the beginning of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which, unlike its predecessors, is characterized by great digitalization, higher connections between physical things and the virtual world, the development of genetics, artificial intelligence, hyper connectivity. These characteristics have generated many changes in the way work is performed. In order to meet these challenges, employees must increase their flexibility in the way they perceive work time, wages, tasks, workspace and so on. And, in an era of technology and digitalization, employees must keep their skills and knowledge, related to new technology, up to date. Several other aspects related to employability will be discussed in this article.