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The Impact of the VUCA Environment on the Digital Competences of Managers in the Power Industry

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  • Anna Nowacka

    (Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, 19B Armii Krajowej Street, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland)

  • Magdalena Rzemieniak

    (Faculty of Management, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38D Street, 20-618 Lublin, Poland)

Abstract

The article presents the scope of issues related to the impact of the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) environment on digital competences of management staff in power companies. Each company has to deal with its own individual and personalized VUCA world typical for the power industry. Unfortunately, some organizations are not aware of its existence, and therefore they do not identify the signals coming from the external environment while still working according to the developed patterns. The VUCA approach requires changing the competency model in enterprises and focusing on its strengths. On this basis, the research problem regarding power enterprises was formulated. The problem discussed in the article below concerns the undefined and undefined influence of the VUCA environment on the emerging digital competences of managers. In connection with the identification of the research problem in this area, an attempt was made to define the aim of the study, which is to determine the impact of the connections of the VUCA world with digital competences of managers in the energy sector. To solve the research problem, quantitative research was carried out on a randomly selected sample of managers. It has been shown that leaders are more or less aware of the existence of the VUCA world. As key competences, they mention the ability to develop and adapt digital technologies to the needs of the organization or the ability to flexibly switch thinking between various problems. The novelty of the work is the identification of the connections between the VUCA world and competences and the provision also through the prism of artificial intelligence. The existence of links between the VUCA environment and digital competences was indicated, and the use of VUCA as a determinant of the impact on changing the perception of employees was analyzed.

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  • Anna Nowacka & Magdalena Rzemieniak, 2021. "The Impact of the VUCA Environment on the Digital Competences of Managers in the Power Industry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2021:i:1:p:185-:d:712906
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    1. Mihaela MINCIU & Florin Aurel BERAR & Cristina DIMA, 2019. "The Opportunities And Threats In The Context Of The V.U.C.A World," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 13(1), pages 1142-1150, November.
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    1. Bulent Akkaya & Mirela Panait & Simona Andreea Apostu & Yesim Kaya, 2022. "Agile Leadership and Perceived Career Success: The Mediating Role of Job Embeddedness," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(8), pages 1-13, April.

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