2020
DOI: 10.1177/0266382120968057
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Rethinking the roles and skills of information professionals in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Abstract: With the development of the 4th Industrial Revolution (4th IR), its emerging technologies and skills; there is a mismatch between 4th IR, and the skills needed by information professionals to survive. This paper bridges the gap based on the skills needed to survive and provide possible solutions to challenges faced by information professionals, which will in turn help to reduce the number of unemployed, semi-employed, non-employed, and provide economic empowerment among information professionals in this new re… Show more

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“…The concept and technologies of industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 is expected to be fertile for many areas. Such authors as Ayinde and Kirkwood (2020), Amri et al (2019), Kummitha (2019), Loureiro (2018), Popkova et al (2019), Ragulina et al (2019), , Popkova and Sergi (2018), Vecchio et al (2019), Yu et al (2020) apply the terms "the Fourth industrial revolution", "digital modernisation of the economy", and "neo-industrialisation". The breakthrough 4.0 technologies are as follows:…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The concept and technologies of industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 is expected to be fertile for many areas. Such authors as Ayinde and Kirkwood (2020), Amri et al (2019), Kummitha (2019), Loureiro (2018), Popkova et al (2019), Ragulina et al (2019), , Popkova and Sergi (2018), Vecchio et al (2019), Yu et al (2020) apply the terms "the Fourth industrial revolution", "digital modernisation of the economy", and "neo-industrialisation". The breakthrough 4.0 technologies are as follows:…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…-Accelerated growth of GDP (Bijlsma et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018); -Development of labour potential and the most effective use of human capital (Ayinde and Kirkwood, 2020;Laybats and Tredinnick, 2020;Yessengeldin et al, 2015). -Development of the knowledge society and knowledge economy (innovative economy) (Wei and Yu, 2018); -Strengthening the digital competitive advantages and positions in the high-tech world markets (Teece, 2018;Trappey et al, 2016).…”
Section: Advantages Of Industry 40 For Sustainable Developmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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