Open AccessDIGITAL HUMAN SKILLS FORM THE CORPORATE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Elena Malkawi,
Marina V. Khayrullina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ekonomicko-manažérske spektrum/economic and managerial spectrum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2585-7258
pISSN - 1337-0839
DOI - 10.26552/ems.2021.1.64-74
Subject(s) - lifelong learning , process (computing) , digital transformation , human resources , multidisciplinary approach , knowledge management , psychology , public relations , computer science , pedagogy , management , sociology , political science , social science , world wide web , economics , operating system
Digitalization, intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic, presents great opportunities for economic growth and development of businesses. At the same time, it brings challenges such as new requirements for human skills. To facilitate digital transition in the corporate sector and obtain its benefits, there is high demand for people skilled in the existing digital technologies and able to adapt to changes quickly. Digital transformation demands lifelong learning and reinforces the link between education, training, and work. Educators and other professionals in the field need to adjust to being “twenty-first century educators” and to consider a range of new digital skills that will allow students to develop a variety of professional and personal abilities. To examine human skills required by digitalization, this study set out to investigate elements of an existing digital learning environment in a university based on feedback from its 2020 spring term students. The research is grounded in a social cognitive perspective of self-regulation and in recent contributions from the multidisciplinary humancomputer interaction (HCI) field. The data came from the total of 2,347 university students, was collected through an online survey, evaluated using the SPSS software, and qualitatively analyzed. The study revealed that students pinpointed three groups of problems in online learning: the process of concentration and self-regulation; the process of getting feedback from tutors and peers; and technical difficulties with staying connected. The researchers attempted to shed light on self-regulation as an essential human skill that is required for successful business and corporate development in the digitalized environment.