Trends that will Shape the Professions of the Future Information Society

• Authors: Alenka Lang , Tanja Urbančič
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper we discuss the trends in present society that will have the most important influence in shaping future jobs, with an emphasis on issues related to sustainable development and an information society. We point out that based on the requirements of educated end-users, companies will have to follow the principles of sustainable development and social responsibility. In future, due to technical development, natural resources, environmental issues and demographical trends in the developed western world, the most attractive jobs will be in high technology, health and medical care, as well as the pleasure and free time industry. The most important sectors will be informatics and telecommunication, logistics, safety, healthcare and life-long education.

Keywords

EN

information society; knowledge management; end-user; sustainable development; socially responsible companies; jobs of the future

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-9

Dates

published

2009-01-01

online

2009-03-05

Contributors

author

Alenka Lang

• University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

author

Tanja Urbančič

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-008-0028-0