Naslov
Educating future economists in the era of robotization – Are we already late?

Autori
Višić, Josipa

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Economic and Social Development - 73rd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development Development – "Sustainable Tourism in Post-pandemic World" / Baracskai, Zoltan ; Vuković, Dijana ; Janjušević, Jelena - Dubrovnik, 2021, 96-104

Skup
73rd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development: Sustainable Tourism in Post-pandemic World

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 21.10.2021. - 22.10.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Economists ; Education ; Robotization ; Labour ; Students

Sažetak
Market for robots is getting more important and implications of robotization and automatization process are both microeconomic and macroeconomic, along with raising social and ethical dilemmas. In that sense, this paper deals with the issue of future economists' awareness of ongoing changes. Focus is not on the education system, neither the purpose of the article is to criticize a higher education system. Rather, the aim is to draw attention to potential economic consequences of unpreparedness of future experts in different fields and application of economic knowledge who will eventually have to deal with robotization and automation in their work. In that sense, survey analysis has been performed on 443 students of public faculties of economics in the Republic of Croatia. Its purpose was to detect their attitudes on various aspects of robotization process, as well as their perception of the importance of this issue for students of economic faculties. Results indicate that almost a third of students in the sample believe that robotization process and related subjects are not relevant for students of economic faculties and 87, 6% of students never had a chance to learn something about robotization and related subjects within the framework of their study process. Although solely Croatian students formed a sample, obtained results can be observed in the context of economically similar countries and the question arises whether the existing gap between these and economically highly developed countries will become even larger if future economists are not aware of the speed and power of the ongoing technological change.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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