by Steffen Fischer (CHRO & Executive Board Member, ifm group services gmbh; Head of the Strategic Personnel Management Specialist
Group at the German Association of Personnel Managers e. V. Berlin (BPM))
from the handbook Digital Competence and Future Skills

Discussions about digitalization are frequently concerned with the issue of whether the competent use of digital media is a (new) fourth cultural technique. Irrespective of this rather theoretical discussion, the purpose of the chapter is time to find out what has really happened in practice until now. Ultimately, a snapshot of the current situation emerged, demonstrating one thing: there are undoubtedly different approaches and concepts depending on the specific company context. There are companies with clear ideas and a clear digital mission statement. However, it is astounding how many companies have not developed or even implemented anything conceptual in the direction of digitalization yet.

The author emphasizes change management and developing digital competencies as not being an end in themselves. Even if it is claimed-which certainly seems to be the case in most cases -that not all employees currently have the competencies that are required in the new digital world, we must first understand where we are headed and what competency development is to be achieved in the specific corporate environment.

The handbook Digital Competence and Future Skills provides comprehensive insight into the future of competencies and learning and the transformation of business. For the first time, leading companies from a wide range of industries around the world provide concrete insights into their comprehensive approaches to transformation, competence management, culture change, and learning and development. In addition, leading scientists and institutions use the latest research findings to assess where we are today and what is to come in the future.

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Auteur

Steffen Fischer is CHRO for the international automation company ifm group services gmbh and Executive Board Member of the ifm group. Before this, he was HR manager for the engine manufacturer MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH. Steffen Fischer deals with holistic approaches of HR management in all their facets and is co-author of the BPM brochures "The personnel strategy in a nutshell" and "The personnel strategist in concrete terms" as well as in 2019 "Between euphoria and skepticism - AI in HR work".

In 2014 he was Head of the Strategic Personnel Management Specialist Group of Bundesverband der Personalmanager e. V. (Federal Association of Personnel Managers) and in 2015 Business Ambassador Singapore for German small and medium sized enterprises.