Soft Skills of Engineers in View of Industry 4.0 Challenges

Dorota Jelonek; Tomasz Nitkiewicz; Pisut Koomsap

doi:10.2478/cqpi-2020-0013

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Soft Skills of Engineers in View of Industry 4.0 Challenges

Conference Quality Production Improvement – CQPI

Volume 2 (2020): Issue 1 (October 2020)

By: Dorota Jelonek , Tomasz Nitkiewicz and Pisut Koomsap

Open Access

|Oct 2020

Abstract

Technological development is changing the skills model for employees in industry 4.0. Technical and IT competencies remain crucial for an engineer, however employers are increasingly appreciating soft skills, especially those that facilitate teamwork and communication or co-creation of innovations with customers and external stakeholders.

The article presents good practices for developing soft skills in engineers in industry 4.0 within the project “Curriculum Development of Master’s Degree Program in Industrial Engineering for Thailand Sustainable Smart Industry - MSIE4”.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2020-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2657-8603

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Language: English

Page range: 107 - 116

Submitted on: Jul 28, 2020

Accepted on: Sep 2, 2020

Published on: Oct 27, 2020

Published by: Quality and Production Managers Association

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

engineer competences,

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Business management,

Business management, other,

Engineering,

Introductions and overviews,

Engineering, other,

Mechanical engineering,

Production technology,

Social sciences,

Sociology,

Sociology of science, technology, and environment

© 2020 Dorota Jelonek, Tomasz Nitkiewicz, Pisut Koomsap, published by Quality and Production Managers Association
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Volume 2 (2020): Issue 1 (October 2020)