Soft Skills of Engineers in View of Industry 4.0 Challenges
Dorota Jelonek
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of ManagementPoland
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, Tomasz Nitkiewicz
Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of ManagementPoland
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and Pisut Koomsap
Asian Institute of TechnologyPathumthani, Thailand
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Oct 27, 2020
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Published Online: Oct 27, 2020
Page range: 107 - 116
Received: Jul 28, 2020
Accepted: Sep 02, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cqpi-2020-0013
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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”.