Raising the curtain
It is writing on the wall. What we need to read carefully and understand are the implications of automation in the world of work. Yes! The world of work is changing faster than ever before. Technology in many areas is not only going to impact the way we have been working so far but also the personal lives we are going to lead. The emergence of new technologies will continue to appear on the surface, impacting the workplaces and compelling all of us to change job designs. Automation is going to rule the workplaces. In the coming decade, as research indicates, most of the jobs will be taken over by technology, automation, and robotics. So, in this possible picture, what would be the workforce of the future? What jobs would emerge, and what would vanish? What skills would be preferred, and what would be obsolete? These are a few questions every business and HR leader, in specific, should be grappling with.
Workforce of the future
The workforce of the future needs to be prepared to adapt to new technologies and a work environment highly influenced by the use of automation in the virtual world. Organizations need to be restructured, and business processes need to be redesigned. This is a daunting task and will be exasperating. To sail smoothly through technological turbulences in the business world, the right mindset with an adequate ecosystem is required to be put in place. Only then, skill shift and job redesign would be possible.
There should be no confusion that technology and automation are going to take away most of the routine and mundane jobs of labor. Many of the present jobs may not be visible in the near future. But at the same time, many more new jobs with newer skills will emerge. Here, the role of HR leaders becomes crucial. They have to own and steer the efforts of understanding the skills shift, job redesign, creating an agile workplace, and preparing the workforce for the future to live and breathe with technology. They have to minimize organizational risk in such an environment. They need to combine vision, insight, and strategy to understand business requirements and create a workforce compatible with the needs. HR leaders are now also required to make people believe that it is not an impending threat intended to replace humans at work. Technology, as experienced in the past too, has always enabled rather than disrupted. HR leaders need to first understand and analyze the skills gap of their people and then invest in re-skilling and up-skilling at an advanced level. The responsibility lies with the organizations to create a culture of continuous learning to meet the challenges. People need to stay beyond automation and robotics in every aspect. People will perform things that machines cannot. After all, technology is created by humans, and it's required to have control over technology.
The April 2019 cover story is all about synthesizing the workforce of the future, the impact of technology on people and jobs, future skills people will be required to possess at a faster speed, and all this has been done very intelligently by renowned HR experts of the country. There is a lot of learning for all.
If you like it, let us know. If not, well, let us know that too.
Happy Reading!
Regards, Anil Kaushik, Business Manager - HR Magazine
B-138, Ambedkar Nagar, Alwar - 301001 (Raj.) India
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It is writing on the wall. What we need to read carefully and understand are the implications of automation in the world of work. Yes! The world of work is changing faster than ever before. Technology in many areas is not only going to impact the way we have been working so far but also the personal lives we are going to lead. The emergence of new technologies will continue to appear on the surface, impacting the workplaces and compelling all of us to change job designs. Automation is going to rule the workplaces. In the coming decade, as research indicates, most of the jobs will be taken over by technology, automation, and robotics. So, in this possible picture, what would be the workforce of the future? What jobs would emerge, and what would vanish? What skills would be preferred, and what would be obsolete? These are a few questions every business and HR leader, in specific, should be grappling with.
Workforce of the future
The workforce of the future needs to be prepared to adapt to new technologies and a work environment highly influenced by the use of automation in the virtual world. Organizations need to be restructured, and business processes need to be redesigned. This is a daunting task and will be exasperating. To sail smoothly through technological turbulences in the business world, the right mindset with an adequate ecosystem is required to be put in place. Only then, skill shift and job redesign would be possible.
There should be no confusion that technology and automation are going to take away most of the routine and mundane jobs of labor. Many of the present jobs may not be visible in the near future. But at the same time, many more new jobs with newer skills will emerge. Here, the role of HR leaders becomes crucial. They have to own and steer the efforts of understanding the skills shift, job redesign, creating an agile workplace, and preparing the workforce for the future to live and breathe with technology. They have to minimize organizational risk in such an environment. They need to combine vision, insight, and strategy to understand business requirements and create a workforce compatible with the needs. HR leaders are now also required to make people believe that it is not an impending threat intended to replace humans at work. Technology, as experienced in the past too, has always enabled rather than disrupted. HR leaders need to first understand and analyze the skills gap of their people and then invest in re-skilling and up-skilling at an advanced level. The responsibility lies with the organizations to create a culture of continuous learning to meet the challenges. People need to stay beyond automation and robotics in every aspect. People will perform things that machines cannot. After all, technology is created by humans, and it's required to have control over technology.
The April 2019 cover story is all about synthesizing the workforce of the future, the impact of technology on people and jobs, future skills people will be required to possess at a faster speed, and all this has been done very intelligently by renowned HR experts of the country. There is a lot of learning for all.
If you like it, let us know. If not, well, let us know that too.
Happy Reading!
Regards, Anil Kaushik, Business Manager - HR Magazine
B-138, Ambedkar Nagar, Alwar - 301001 (Raj.) India
Mob.: [Phone Number Removed For Privacy-Reasons], [Phone Number Removed For Privacy-Reasons]
Whatsapp No.: [Phone Number Removed For Privacy-Reasons]
http://www.businessmanager.in
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