TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES OF PROJECT MANAGERS IN THE PROCESS OF DIGITALIZATION OF SOCIETY AND INDUSTRY 4.0

Abstract

Innovation is of increasing importance in modern business, to the extent that it has become indispensable when it comes to digital technologies. The number of digital technology users is growing faster, and it is on par with their increasing availability, so the fact is that they are evolving rapidly. Viewed in this context, the importance of management within the companies engaged in these types of activities is increasing. First, the greatest impact and change, that is, the rapid evolution of the IT sector, can be observed when it comes to the Internet, as an indispensable means of communication in the modern world. There is widespread use of digital electronic computers, especially personal and mobile computers. In the last few years, other devices necessary for communication in digital technology have become even more widely used. First, we can see it in the fact that there has been a rapid increase in the number of Internet users who do not use the Internet via personal computers but via tablets and smartphones. Modern applications and the multifunctionality of modern mobile phones certainly have a positive effect on this trend. Consequently, such changes have a very big impact on the daily lives of users and themselves. Customers are offered an ever-expanding range of digital devices to use. The trend is predicted to accelerate further. Certainly, such tendencies have both positive and negative impacts. At the same time, they are also setting new requirements for the competencies of project managers, and they are certainly increasing.