Business Professionals’ Digital Competence in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era

Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud and Mohammad Jamal Hossain
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Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud: School of Business & Economics, Manarat International University, Bangladesh
Mohammad Jamal Hossain: School of Business & Economics, Manarat International University, Bangladesh

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 4, 1355-1364

Abstract: The Fourth Industrial Revolution instigates business professionals to adopt digital skills. The digital transformation of business organization is unfulfilled without the digital adaptation of business professionals. The future of job & skills will completely base on digitization. As the job nature is changing so it is obvious to evaluate the professionals’ adaptability in digital skills. This paper has investigated the business professionals’ digital adaptation rate. The paper has also revealed the barriers to digital adaptation. The study has observed 220 professionals’ response from divergent industries. Data were analyzed by SPSS and Excel. The analyses measured a various level of digital adaptation. Most of the respondents are competent in digital collaboration and social media engagement but pose lacking in IOT adaptation. The results indicate moderate adaptation among professionals. The hypothesis analysis showed low engagement of the organization and inadequate training are the main barriers to digital adaptation. High potential respondents are engaged with agile learning platform MOOCs. Among the MOOCs platform, LinkedIn learning is the widely used sources for enhancing skills. There are no significant differences in digital adaptation among various industry professionals. Responding with the change is the prime factor to become digitally savvy. The study has suggested leaders of the organization should play a dynamic role to meet the challenges of fourth industrial revolution. The paper poses some impetus for the researchers for digital transformation in the human resources field.

Date: 2025
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