New jobs will be created because of the Industry 4.0 concept implementation needs, employers will require new, especially digital skills and abilities from their employees. There is a need to change teaching and educational techniques in all types of schools, and instead of being specialized narrowly in one area, education should focus on a much broader overview, as people need to be educated in systemic and interdisciplinary thinking at all types of schools, including nontechnical ones. The main goal of the study is to identify areas on which the content of education should focused on in the future in terms to Industry 4.0. As research methods, a questionnaire survey was conducted in Slovak companies during the period of February – June 2019 along with statistical methods. The survey was carried out by random selection, 350 companies were contacted with a return of 220 responses. The research outcomes declare that changes in workforce qualification structure related to the Industry 4.0 concept implementation should have a positive effect on increasing the competitiveness of companies and increasing production effectivity. Based on the results it is proposed the expected positive changes should be transformed into enforcing the vocational training in companies and structural changes within the Slovak educational system.
Industry 4.0 has been creating new jobs for several years, and people are already being employed in work positions that did not exist ten years ago. Due to the speed and complexity of the changes brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, it will be necessary to respond adequately and flexibly to this challenge. This research paper is devoted to the issue of Industry 4.0 outbreak into industrial enterprises, while the issue of job structure will become an increasingly urgent one. The main objective of this problem-oriented quantitative type of research is based on the analysis of the state and course of Industry 4.0 implementation process to estimate the impact of Industry 4.0 concept implementation on job creation in small and medium-sized enterprises and family businesses in Slovak Republic. A questionnaire survey in small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovak Republic was chosen as the fundamental research method. The results have shown that new technologies will increasingly displace physical labor in particular, and emerging jobs will put ever-increasing demands on human intellect. The conclusions from our findings can be the basis for the creation of educational programs not only within the workplace but also in the educational system in Slovak Republic.
Th e role of common European Union economic policy, based on the implementation of its particular policies, is to increase its competitiveness within the global economy environment. Th erefore, the aim and the interests of the EU as an entity of the global economy are to increase the competitiveness of the EU members. It can be done through regional development enhancement of EU regions, regional discrepancies elimination as the current EU vision appears to be as the Union of regions. Th us the paper deals with the analysis of Slovak economy competitiveness using the data from the Global Competitiveness Index, the analysis is followed by the discussion of regional development policies and the role of innovation in regional development.
Small and medium enterprises carry out their activities in a dynamic environment that is affected by various processes that also impact their sustainability. The future has the companies that are able to respond promptly to the challenges and are able to exploit opportunities sufficiently. One form of modern entrepreneurship that could help SMEs' sustainability in this environment is the cluster cooperation. This form of entrepreneurship brings many positive effects, but is also affected by various risks. The main aim of this study is to assess the perception of selected business risks that have an impact on SMEs' engagement into cluster cooperation. Using the questionnaire surveys of 1004 SMEs the perception was evaluated with emphasis on the differences between micro-small-and medium sized enterprises. From the data obtained, the tendencies are exposed through the evaluation of following risk categories such as: Market risks, Relation risks, Common resources risks, Operational risks, and Competency risks being assigned by a particular risk indicator afterwards. The final evaluation being made upon all respondents' answers analysis has confirmed that the competition risk turned out to be the most important risk indicator.
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