Educational and leadership strategies to face the new European VUCA scenario / Estrategias educativas y de liderazgo para afrontar el nuevo escenario europeo VUCA
Abstract
European society is experiencing moments of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity that has been defined as the VUCA world. To face the new economic, political, and social scenario we need to redefine the set of competences we expect from the graduates entering the European labour market. This article presents the process of incorporating new approaches in the curricula of the management courses in Poland. The work follows a descriptive methodology and is based on the analysis of research and reports that collect the needs and profiles demanded by companies and society in the near future. The main findings show how certain soft skills will allow our students to compete with a robotized future and to meet the needs of society and the labour market. Soft skills are typically human and will not be automated, or at least it will not happen quickly, and they will become the most important for employees of the future. The elaboration of dynamic curricula will allow solving innovative tasks, evaluating and managing risks and countering threats.
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