Industry 4.0
Vol. 7 (2022), Issue 6, pg(s) 251-253

SOCIETY & ”INDUSTRY 4.0”

Human factor in industry 4.0 and the role of inter-generational collabotation

  • 1 School of Management, Bratislava, Slovakia

Abstract

The objective of the paper is to analyze pros and cons of different generations from the point of view of their readiness to satisfy the required labor skills criteria for the Industry 4.0 workforce and willingness to participate in the process of upcoming transformation. The basic conclusion is that today´s coexistence of different generations should be transformed into an active and efficient collaboration. In many organizations teams consisting of workers belonging to different generations will be working and in these teams older (or even middle-aged ) colleagues should share their professional know-how and practical experience with younger colleagues and younger members  should use their digital capabilities to achieve common objectives of the organization.

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