The world of changing work
The world of changing work The world is changing. A very big change is the change in the character of the work. Artificial intelligence (AI) and the advent of digital technology around the world are changing the structure and functioning of the economy unimaginably. It took 30 years for IKEA, a well-known Swedish furniture manufacturing company founded in 1943, to expand into Europe, and today, seven decades later, its annual sales are 42 billion; However, the number of users of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba has reached one million in just two years, with sales of 600 billion in 15 years. This unprecedented prosperity is due to the well-being of an integrated Internet-based digital technology. This is the main theme of the World Bank's 'World Development Report 2019' published a few months ago: The Changing Nature of Work. In developed countries, the number of people working in the manufacturing industry is declining. In countries such as Portugal, Spain, and Singapo