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Book SynopsisEverywhere you look, there are signs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. R&D on leading digital technologies is conducted around the world, exploring novel technologies aimed at cyber-physical systems, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, 3D Printing, Virtual Reality, AI, and many more. With these rapid changes in technology comes social evolution and the potential for future social crises.
Understanding Industry 4.0: AI, the Internet of Things, and the Future of Work looks to determine the most probable oncoming changes in key areas of the economy, to highlight the most important professions of the future, and to offer recommendations for their correct selection and successful mastering. Including sections on careers in education, medicine, R&D, and agriculture, among others, economics experts Bruno S. Sergi, Elena G. Popkova, Aleksei V. Bogoviz, and Tatiana N. Litvinova explore the vastly changing modern workplace and offer a guide to navigating through and adapting to this evolution. For researchers and students of management, economics, and business, this is an unmissable exploration of the new frontier of Industry 4.0.
Trade ReviewEconomists discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution, heralded by digital technology, and project what professional work will be like when it triumphs. They cover an overview of future professions in industry, future professions in agriculture, future professions in medicine, future professions in education, expected professions in body care and fitness, the key future professions in research and development, perspectives on future professions in transport and communication, and recommendations for successful modern workers. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Overview of Future Professions in Industry 1. Outlines of the Context for Industry 4.0 2. Future Professions in Industry 3. Map of Competences for Representatives of the Future Professions in Industry Part II: Future Professions in Agriculture 4. Future Outlines of Agriculture in the Agro-Industrial Complex 4.0 5. Future Professions in Agriculture 6. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Agriculture Part III: Future Professions in Medicine 7. Future Outlines of Medicine at the Threshold of a Genetic Revolution 8. Future Professions in Medicine 9. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Medicine Part IV: Future Planned Professions in Education 10. Future Outlines of Education in the Information Economy Age 11. Future Professions in Education 12. Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Education Part V: Expected Professions in Body Care and Fitness 13. Future Outlines of Body Care and Fitness 14. Future Professions in Body Care and Fitness 15. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Body Care and Fitness Part VI: The Key Future Professions in R&D 16. Future Outlines of R&D in the Context of the Formation of the Innovation Economy 17. Future Professions in R&D 18. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in R&D Part VII: Perspectives on Future Professions in Transport and Communications 19. Future Outlines in Transport and Communications amid the Revolution in Information and Communication technologies 20. Future Professions in Transport and Communications 21. The Map of Competences for Representatives of Future Professions in Transport and Communications Part VIII: Recommendations for Successful Modern Workers 22. Common Characteristics and Competences that are Necessary for All Future Professions 23. The Concept of Lifelong Learning as the Basis for Mastering Future Professions 24. A Perspective Algorithm for the Selection and Mastering of Future Professions 25. The Model of State Management of the Processes for Selection and Mastering of Future Professions Conclusion
