Work, Competencies and their Development in a Digitalized World

Digitalization offers tremendous opportunities for companies. At the same time, digitalization presents more than purely technical challenges. It also distributes work and decision making between humans and technology in new ways, requiring completely new competencies from the employee. The present article explores the status of research on the topic of digitalization and its impact on work and competence requirements in Germany. In addition to general scientific findings, the article also presents specific highlights from the TransWork research project (Transformation of work through digitalization) regarding the current status of digitalization in various corporate sectors. How work activities will change and which (digital) competencies will become increasingly necessary in the work of tomorrow are elucidated through examples.