This book is strongly recommended for L&D professionals, HR managers, senior managers, and company owners who want to adapt their employees' training and skills development to the changing requirements of digitalization and technological progress, considering the specifics of the sector in which their organizations operate. It is unique in that it compares the views of employers and employees on digitalization and the development of digital competencies and skills and highlights the need to align them as part of implementing a long-term HR development strategy in an organization. The book features statistical hypothesis testing and links to the case studies, and it covers such areas as the historical development of digitalization, advantages, and disadvantages of technologies in HR management, the role of competency models, and organizational training in conditions of the Fourth and Fifths Industrial revolutions.

The book also explores how employees' digital skill levels depend on age and career longevity and how much the level of digital readiness of organizations is affected by labor market trends and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking into account practical recommendations and issues to consider, it emphasizes the need to update competency models, support a culture of continuous organizational training and knowledge sharing, and extend an organization's digital infrastructure to retain competitive human resources in the dynamic digital age.

Readers will receive a comprehensive understanding of digitalization in human resource management and how it influences competency requirements for employees in different sectors in the international context.

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An Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. She has completed her Ph.D., TUL, Liberec. She received her Master's degrees from the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland (5% of the best graduates), and Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics, Ukraine. Her research interests are digitalization, digital technologies, HRM, digital competencies, and employee L&D. She has published 12 conference and journal papers in IGI Global, Trauner Verlag, University of Huddersfield, etc. She is a peer reviewer in international journals and conferences. She is an Associate Editor of the Central European Business Review journal and a Scientific Editor of the ACC Journal. She was a member of the International Conference on HR scientific committee in Porto, Portugal. She is a member of the Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Anastasiia Mazurchenko has been awarded the Werner von Siemens Award 2023 (top 10 best graduate thesis dealing with Industry 4.0 topics). She actively participates in international projects, blended intensive programs for international students, and international academic exchange.