The aim of this paper is to point out the new knowledge and skills that employees need to have in the digital age in which robots are becoming more and more present in the workplace. Robots started to over work tasks and activities that are routine, repetitive and highly standardized. With the progress of technology, robots are starting to take over more complex and challenging work tasks as well. As a result, employees are faced with new challenges and fears. Fear of job loss and job insecurity fostered employees to acquire new knowledge and skills that cannot be automated. Continuous learning is becoming the destiny of every individual who lives and works in the digital age.
Circular economy, as a concept that requires a multidisciplinary, holistic approach, as well as involvement of many different stakeholders, is becoming the subject of interest not only in the wide academic community, but also practitioners. One of the factors that greatly contributed to the development of the circular economy is modern digital technologies and their massive application. The aim of this paper is to point out the role and importance of the commercial banks in the application of circular economy in the digital age. Among various stakeholders in the Republic of Serbia, commercial banks, as the most important segment of the financial sector, should be specially emphasized. Banks have already included the aspect of energy efficiency, environmental protection, and other areas that speed up the development of the circular economy in their credit risk policies. On the one hand, commercial banks need to provide sufficient funding to circular businesses, while on the other hand they need to make internal transition from a linear toward circular economy. The key conclusion is that engagement of commercial banks in the circular economy in the digital age contributes to the socially responsible behavior, as well as to the greater profitability and competitiveness.
Innovations are the key to the long-term survival, growth, and development of any organization. For that reason, all organizations strive to have as much as possible successful innovations that consequently bring many positive effects to the entire economy. This paper points out the importance and role of engaged employees who take a leading role in organizational innovations. Engaged employees give their best effort during the performance of work tasks, try to create new, better ways to perform certain activities through cooperation and exchange of knowledge with colleagues, and try to improve the functioning of the entire organization. With their enthusiasm, perseverance, persistence, and sincere desire to give their contribution to the business of the organization, engaged employees are the important source of creativity and innovation in the workplace. At the organizational level, a significant role in the innovation process has the proposals of engaged employees who truly love their job, the organization in which they work and have the desire to dedicate themselves to additional innovative activities that are not in their job descriptions.
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