The digital transformation impact on the human capital role conversion at the international oil and gas companies
Abstract. The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) affects the transformation of business processes, technological and organizational models. As part of the implementation of the policy in the field of human capital activities, additional requirements arise for the qualification and retraining of an employee, combining and transforming positions and functions, which often increases the level of digital, information and communication technologies. Systematic and comparative analysis was chosen as the main approach to the study of this issue, industrial practices were considered to form general recommendations and identify the best examples of increasing the competitiveness of oil and gas companies in the implementation of the digital transformation. The materials of the article are of practical value in terms of improving the organizational, technological, managerial, development, accounting and control processes. The results of the article can be taken into account by Russian oil and gas companies at the state and corporate levels when developing plans and strategies for the development of the digital economy.
Keywords: digital transformation, information and communication technologies, Industry 4.0, human capital, modern trends, sustainable development, international oil and gas companies
Highlights:
♦ the speed of digital transformation directly depends not only on the level of technical development of the oil and gas company, but also on the qualifications and the digital literacy of the staff;
♦ optimization of time for execution and control is realized by digitizing work processes and minimizing the influence of the human factor;
♦ when implementing the digital transformation, the role and functionality of an employee will change in the direction of expanding competencies.
Elana A. Avdeeva - Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia