THE DIGITAL WORKFORCE AND THE WORKPLACE

THE DIGITAL WORKFORCE AND THE WORKPLACE

1. WHO ARE THE DIGITAL NATIVES?

   • Prensky (2001) coined the term “Digital natives” which is referred to young generation who rely heavily on technology for learning, communicating, and entertainment.
   • The “digital natives which is young people within the range of 8 years old to 18 years old who used technology heavily in their everyday activities.
     • Multitasking brain capacity
       • Learn via participation
         • Heavy users of technologies
           • Extremely social
             • Multimedia oriented

2. WHO ARE THE DIGITAL IMMIGRANTS?

   • Digital immigrants are the people who was born before the widespread adoption of digital technology
     • They can be considered as adults who have readily adopted technology as it has become available are also increasingly comfortable with and reliant on technology
       • Prefer to talk in person
         • Logical learners
           • Focusing on one task at a time
             • Prefer to have interaction with one or few people rather than many
               • Get info from traditional news sites

3. DRIVING FORCES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

   • TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
     • Technologies not only advanced, but also extended reach which has lowered the barriers to adoption
       • Cloud computing, mobile computing, data analytics, and information security have emerged and influence the development of advanced applications
         • Such flexible work environment promote and enable greater collaboration, increased outsourcing, offshoring and crowdsourcing of work, and superior specialization capabilities
   • DIGITAL LITERACY
     • Digital experience was influenced by the widespread adoption of technologies
       • The rapid advances and adoption of digital technology have increase people ability to use digital technology, communication tools or networks to locate, evaluate, use and create knowledge and information
         • High digital literacy of people can mitigate the risks and can improve the chances of successful adoption
           • This also includes the ability to provide technology integration and innovation related to new structure, processes, and skills within the organizations
   • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
     • The measures of economic development are most often on the increase in income, job creation, and clientele for organizations
       • The growth and development of the business can bring the greater IT adoption
         • The entrepreneur who are mostly most digital natives and digital immigrants is the agent of innovation whose adoption of the innovations will enable the business to survive and potentially grow

4. IMPACT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO WORKFORCE

   • Identity Development and Interpersonal Relating
     • Competencies of Digital Workforce
       • Workplace and Workforce Trends

5. THE CURRENT AND FUTURE LANDSCAPE OF DIGITAL WORKFORCE

   • The changes landscape of jobs and employment
     • The era of the entrepreneur
       • Peer-to-peer and freelancer economy

6. BACKGROUND OF DIGITAL WORKFORCE

   • the development of the younger generation is greatly affected by digitization. Technology changes the experience of childhood not only socially but also in both economical and cultural aspects.
     • Young people is known as one of the heavy users of technology.