{"id":680986,"date":"2019-08-14T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#333333;border:none windo"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T13:55:54","slug":"mercer-urges-companies-to-prepare-workforce-adequately-for-industrial-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/14\/mercer-urges-companies-to-prepare-workforce-adequately-for-industrial-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer urges companies to prepare workforce adequately for industrial revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;&#10;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;&#10;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">By Benjamin Mensah, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Accra, Aug 14,<br \/>\nGNA<\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;&#10;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:#2000\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:&#10;none windowtext 0cm;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:&#10;#2000\">&#8211; Mercer, a global leading human resources consulting firm, is urging<br \/>\nmanagement and directors of companies to prepare their workforce adequately for<br \/>\nan anticipated change in companies\u2019 operations and productivity, in at least,<br \/>\nthe next five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Quoting World<br \/>\nEconomic Forum estimates, the company reports that more than half of business<br \/>\nexecutives \u201cbelieve that one in five jobs will cease to exist in its current<br \/>\nform in the next five years; and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation<br \/>\nwill also create 58 million net new jobs by 2022.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">This would<br \/>\nrequire that companies using traditional methods for business prepare their<br \/>\nworkforce to face the new challenges such as the redundancy of staff,<br \/>\nretrenchment, downsizing, redeployment or redefinition of role of various<br \/>\ncategories of officers and workers of companies as traditional roles are taken<br \/>\nover by AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cCompanies and<br \/>\ninstitutions will have to align work to future value by unlocking growth in the<br \/>\nnew world of work, through designing jobs and moving people to where future<br \/>\nvalue will be created,\u201d Mr Siphiwe Moyo, International Conference Speaker,<br \/>\nFacilitator and Author, advised at the 2019 Ghana Human Resource Summit,<br \/>\nunderway in Accra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Mr Moyo pointed<br \/>\nout that there would be the need to build brand resonance by listening and<br \/>\nlearning carefully from data to create a brand proposition that attract the<br \/>\ndesired talent a company wants as well as to curate the work experience by<br \/>\nensuring that employees understand the unique skills and companies they work<br \/>\nfor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cFifty per cent<br \/>\nof employees expect their companies to provide curated learning,\u201d the Moyo<br \/>\nsaid, and that requires that work is made simple, intuitive and digitally<br \/>\nenabled to help the workforce grow and thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Also, the new<br \/>\nworkplace environment would have to inspire growth and mind-set by redesigning<br \/>\nstructures, workflows and talent strategies around the people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">In a panel<br \/>\ndiscussion on the \u201cRole of HR in Supporting the Future Workforce in the 4th<br \/>\nIndustrial Revolution,\u201d moderated by Mr Moyo, Mr Ebenezer Agbettor, Director of<br \/>\nGhana Institute of Human Resource, said human resource practitioners must be<br \/>\npart of leadership of companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Furthermore<br \/>\nthey should part of the changes taking place in the workplace rather than the<br \/>\nowners of businesses bringing the change and expecting them to manage the<br \/>\nchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cYou must<br \/>\nensure that the right competencies are available, ethics sharpened; and with<br \/>\nbetter communication and inter-personal skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">\u201cPlease,<br \/>\nremember that the emotional side cannot be taken care of by technology, \u201cMr<br \/>\nAgbettor said, adding that, \u201ca machine can never have that kind of human<br \/>\nfeeling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Mr Isaac<br \/>\nSackey, Chief Executive Officer of Learning Organisation, said recruitment must<br \/>\ntake into account company needs for the future, stressing strong collaboration<br \/>\nbetween industry and academia for the development of appropriate curricula that<br \/>\nwould suit the demands of the fourth Industrial Revolution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Mr C C Bruce,<br \/>\nGroup Chief Operations Officer, opined that, when managed and effectively<br \/>\nhandled, the fourth Industrial Revolution could lead to the creation of more<br \/>\njobs, but in other areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">He singled out<br \/>\nthat there would be the need to train more personnel in marketing, as new<br \/>\nproducts emerge in a company as a result of the use of more AI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">The two-day<br \/>\nsummit, organised jointly by Mercer and the Ghana Institute of Human Resource<br \/>\nManagement Practitioners, is throwing the searchlight on emerging challenges as<br \/>\nbusiness executives anticipate significant disruption, and employees facing<br \/>\nuncertainties and worry about AI and automation replacing their jobs,<br \/>\nengendering a climate of lack of trust in business organisations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">The trending<br \/>\nchanges, called\u00a0 \u201cthe fourth industrial<br \/>\nrevolution\u201d is the current\u00a0 and<br \/>\ndeveloping environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the<br \/>\nInternet of Things (IoT), robotics, virtual reality (VR) and artificial<br \/>\nintelligence (AI) are changing the way we live and work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">It involves the<br \/>\nuse of smartphones, smart cards, smart cars and drones, robots, Social Media<br \/>\nfeeds, and electronic devices for music and media streaming devices, video<br \/>\ngames, online ads network and navigation and travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Some others are<br \/>\nfor banking and finance such as Automated Teller Machines (ATM), and smart home<br \/>\ndevices for security and surveillance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;&#10;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;&#10;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0cm;&#10;padding:0cm;mso-ansi-language:#2000;mso-fareast-language:#2000\">Ghana is the<br \/>\nthird nation to benefit from the summit as Mercer take the conversation 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