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The Future of Work & Implications for Industry

Timothy Moerland Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP)

IUP’s Location

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Pennsylvania (PA) Northeastern USA

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Indiana, PA (30,000 pop.)

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1 hour to Pittsburgh

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4 hours to Washington DC

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4 hours to Niagara Falls

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6 hours to NYC

Indiana University of PA

 1875 – IUP first opened  2017/2018 – 12,000 students  809 international students & scholars  Faculty to Student Ratio – 1:19

Six Colleges at IUP

• Eberly College of Business and Information Technology

Accounting, Finance and Legal Studies, Management, Marketing, Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Technology Support and Training, MBA (AACSB-accredited)

• College of Education and Communications

Communication Media, Teacher Education, Counseling, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Educational and School Psychology, Adult and Community Education, Professional Studies in Education, Developmental Studies

• College of Fine Arts

Art, Music, Theatre and Dance

• College of Health and Human Services

Hospitality, Culinary Arts, Food & Nutrition, Criminology, Kinesiology, Health & Sport Sciences, Human Development & Environ Studies, Employment & Labor Relations, Safety Sciences, Nursing & Allied Health

• College of Humanities and Social Sciences

English, History, Political Science, Economics, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Geography, Journalism, Latin American Studies, Pan-African Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Sociology, Foreign Languages

• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Physics, Biochemistry, Computer Sciences, Psychology

Disclaimer

The Future of Work…

I. The workplace will change.

The Future of Work…

• Automation and artificial intelligence.

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• 47% of all jobs are projected to be vulnerable to automation and AI
• Projected impact lessens with educational attainment

Strategies 1. Invest in and develop AI for its many benefits; 2. Educate and train workers for jobs of the future; and 3. Aid workers in the transition and empower workers to ensure broadly shared growth.

• Automation and artificial intelligence.
• Cybercrime and security.

• Cybercrime damages worldwide projected to exceed

$6Trillion US annually by 2021.

• Fastest growing crime in the US.
• Potentially the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
• More profitable than traffic of all major illegal drugs,

combined.

• 3.5M unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021.
• 0% Unemployment rate among qualified specialists.

The dark side of AI and automation…

Some pundit on the internet.

I. The workplace will change. II. The workers will change.

The Future of Work…

Generation Birth Years Enter Workforce (Univ.)

Zachary N. Clark Director of Student Activities & Assessment Student Cooperative Association, Inc

Leadership & Motivation

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Demographically changed

• Increasingly
• lder population
• Variance in

household types

• Reaching

puberty younger Generationally defined

• Material

possessions

• Saturation of

technology

• Globally

connected Digitally integrated

• Born with

technology in hand

• Seamlessly

integrated in daily life

• Ever-changing

and updating Globally focused

• Due in large part

to technology

• Common

experiences due to proliferation of media

• Common

popular culture across country borders Visually engaged

• Prefer to gather

knowledge by watching a video

• n social media
• Less likely to

read an article or book

• Communication

is increasingly non-verbal, through sharing

• f videos,

emoji's, gifs, and memes Educationally reformed

• No longer life-

stage dependent

• Learning is

lifelong, and that’s expected

• Holistic
• Focus on

development, as

• pposed to rote

memorization

• Meet students

where they are Socially defined

• Peer groups and

social media platforms exert enormous influence

• Prevalence of

usage

• A shrinking

globe

• Technology

improvements

7 Characteristics of Gen Z

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• 1. Demographically changed
• Live among increasingly older population
• Enter puberty earlier
• 2. Generationally defined
• Material possessions
• Technology saturation
• Globally connected
• 3. Digitally integrated
• Born with technology in hand
• Technology is seamlessly integrated in

daily life

• Ever-changing and updating

Zachary N. Clark Director of Student Activities & Assessment Student Cooperative Association, Inc

7 Characteristics of Gen Z

• 4. Globally focused
• Experiences instantly shared through

technology

• Adoption of common culture across

borders

• 5. Visually engaged
• Prefer to access and aquire knowledge

through video on social media

• Less likely to read books
• Communication increasingly non-

verbal (emojis, memes, abbreviations)

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7 Characteristics of Gen Z

• 6. Educationally reformed
• Learning is lifelong
• Holistic approach to acquisition of

knowledge

• Focus on development and access

(rather than memorization)

• 7. Socially defined
• Influence primarily from peer groups

and social media platforms

• Global awareness
• Seek technology

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7 Characteristics of Gen Z

I. The workplace will change. II. The workers will change.

• III. How do we change?

The Future of Work…

Meet them where they are…

• Training
• Retention
• Leadership and management
• Career promotion

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