Development of Competences for the Needs of Tomorrow's Labour Market

• Authors: Beata Poteralska , Joanna Łabędzka , Katarzyna Brożek

Abstracts

EN

The management of organisations functioning in the contemporary world, which is characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), requires specific future-oriented competences from employees. The paper aims to discuss the possibility of applying foresight and Futures Literacy approaches, known for dealing with uncertainty, in the process of developing such competences. Against the background of the state-of-the-art analysis comprising (1) the contexts, in which uncertainty is tackled in fore-sight and Futures Literacy exercises, and (2) the contexts, in which the future of work is analysed in connection with foresight and Futures Literacy, the authors discuss and confirm the possibility of applying the mentioned anticipation approaches to develop future-oriented competences, namely competences on the individual level, enabling one to cope with the increasing uncertainty characterising the VUCA world. The focus of the paper relates to the aspects that are still understudied or require additional strengthening: (1) the development of competences on an individual level using foresight and Futures Literacy approaches, and (2) incorporating foresight and Futures Literacy at the level of higher education. The paper presents examples of activities undertaken in this area, however, their number is still limited.

Keywords

EN

competences; foresight; future labour market; Futures Literacy; uncertainty; VUCA; higher education

• Publisher: Politechnika Częstochowska
• Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Politechniki Częstochowskiej. Zarządzanie
• Year: 2022
• Issue: 48
• Pages: 144-155

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Beata Poteralska

• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

author

Joanna Łabędzka

• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

author

Katarzyna Brożek

• Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

References

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• Lauttamaki, V. (2016). ACTVOD-Futures Workshop A Generic Structure for a One-Day Workshop. Foresight, 18(2), 156-171. DOI: 10.1108/FS-01-2015-0003
• Magruk, A. (2017). Concept of Uncertainty in Relation to the Foresight Research. Engineering Management in Production and Services, 9(1), 46-55. DOI: 10.1515/emj-2017-0005

Identifiers

DOI

10.17512/znpcz.2022.4.12

Biblioteka Nauki

22180852