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Competence Management in the Age of Cyber Physical Systems

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Industrial Internet of Things

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To maintain industrial competitiveness in times of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS), organizations need to invest in sets of individual competencies. We show how competence management can synchronize individual and organizational competencies. We categorize different types of competencies which enable firms to master the technological and contextual complexity of CPS. Furthermore, we introduce a measurement instrument for these competencies, which includes aspects of technological and contextual complexity.

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Letmathe, P., Schinner, M. (2017). Competence Management in the Age of Cyber Physical Systems. In: Jeschke, S., Brecher, C., Song, H., Rawat, D. (eds) Industrial Internet of Things. Springer Series in Wireless Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42559-7_25

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