Study on Career Information for Students with Special Educational Needs ( Ⅰ )
Ji-Yeon Lee, Sang-Keun Han, Yun-Kyung Jung, Na-Ra Kim, Young-Kyun Park
Despite drastic change in the world of work, such as increasing numbers of part-timers, teleworkers, and nomad workers, it is not easy to predict what the worklife will be like in the Korea of the future, and what preparations should be made to prepare for our future prospects.
The purpose of this study is to explore the driving forces that may affect the future of worklife, foresee the changes in worklife in the future, and make suggestions to enhance preparation for future workers through new policies in the fields of career and technical education, and training and development.
Various future research methodologies were used for this study. these included environmental scanning, futures wheel, causal loop diagram, causal layered analysis, delphi, and scenario planning. A review of the available literature, workshops, brainstorming sessions, and focus group interviews were also conducted.
Factors driving worklife in 2030 may include the following: changes in the structure of the population (aging and low birthrate), the development of science and technology (including information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, etc.), changes in the labor market, environmental pollution, climate change, natural disasters, increasing labor mobility, and greater interest in quality of life.
Future prospects:
Green jobs, more people employed in the medical and welfare industries, new occupations for senior citizens, stronger competition with global job seekers, fewer jobs, and greater unemployment;
Flat organizations, less hierarchy, people hired on a project basis, increasing need for knowledge and skills for multiple projects in various areas, self-directed career development;
Individual-oriented rather than organization oriented views of jobs, more female workers and changes in organizational culture, more conflicts because of increasing need for collaboration with people from diverse cultural backgrounds; and;
Increased flexibility at work doesn't necessarily mean more leisure. While the need for work-life balance will increase, the vague boundary between work and leisure may result in more competition and focus on performance. The traditional distinction between schooling, work, and leisure will disappear. People in the future will experience learning-work-leisure simultaneously throughout their lives.
Two driving forces for the framework of future scenarios were selected: economic growth (fast vs. slow) and the basis of society (efficiency vs. equity). Four future scenarios were developed based on a 2×2 matrix: Workaholic Society, Dynamic Welfare Society, Inactive Equal Society, and the Society for Few Fittest Survivors. This study proposes a vision of the 2030 worklife, and suggests five main issues, along with the detailed actions needed to reach the most preferred scenario in 2030, namely a Dynamic Welfare Society.
