workplace learning

An important element for companies to deal with the demands of the world of work is the continuous and needs-specific further training of employees. The possibility of learning close to the workplace has a major role to play here.

The renaissance of learning at the workplace is a result of the digitization of the world of work and related new working and organizational concepts. Vocational education and training, previously dominated by seminars and training courses, changes radically in favor of learning in the work process. Will the fourth industrial revolution enhance this development? Research and development are only at the beginning, yet first answers are emerging.

In the manufacturing industry, the digital factory plays a decisive role for modern engineering. By linking all information and data from the various stages of factory planning, an efficient and holistic planning and continuous improvement of products, processes and resources is possible. The use of changed processes and new tools needs other and advanced competencies respectively as well as a continuous learning of involved employees. IT-based and stronger parallelized planning processes require also a change in organization and working culture. This article analyzes how the qualification of employees looks on the face of the digital factory utilizing the management of knowledge and learning.