Abstract
Global competition, the requirements of sustainable development, building an innovative economy or Industry 4.0 develop the need for changing or creating new legacy business models. Competencies adequate to new working possibilities play a significant role in these changes. The key role played here is the assessment of fit to work in the Industry 4.0. The purpose of the paper is to analyze fit to work in business models using the features and elements of Industry 4.0. There are specific antecedences identified for creating and changing business models in the aspect of implementing Industry 4.0, with particular attention paid to the meaning of competencies and their adaptation for the 4.0 requirements. Quantitative studies have been performed on a sample of 472 employees of Industry 4.0 in three countries: Germany, Poland and Slovakia. Theoretical and empirical considerations use the four-factor model differentiating the supplementary and complementary fit, organizational identification and satisfaction from work.
Highlights
The dynamics of the surrounding, growing competition, progressing globalization or crisis situations that force organizations to change represent a challenge both for strategic and operational management
The analysis has shown that there is a weak, positive, statistically important relationship between age and complementary fit (r = 0.21; p = 0.002), supplementary fit (r = 0.14; p = 0.037), organizational identification (r = 0.24; p < 0.001) and satisfaction from work (r = 0.21; p = 0.001)
Based on the studies of fitting to work and Industry 4.0 organizations, among employees representing professions and companies included among Industry 4.0, the results show that the age of the persons under examination coexists with complementary and supplementary fit to work, higher organizational identification, and a higher level of satisfaction from work in favor of more mature employees, which allows us to debunk a myth that young persons from digital generations are best suited for Industry 4.0 work [9,10,12,13]
Summary
The dynamics of the surrounding, growing competition, progressing globalization or crisis situations that force organizations to change represent a challenge both for strategic and operational management. This leads to searching for, creating and implementing complex systems and business models more than ever. The business models include the concepts of creating value based on different kinds of sources, such as resources, innovative processes or competencies. One important external factors affecting the concept of new or changing business models is the fourth industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0 [4,5,6,7,8]
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