"AI, Failure if Introduced Without Preparation... Skills and Rewards Must Be Linked"

Korea Employers Federation Publishes "Wage & HR Research"
HR Strategies and Prospects in the Age of AI-Driven Digital Transformation
Experts Emphasize the Importance of Skills and Personalized Approaches
Calls for Step-by-Step AI Adoption and Enhanced Digital Capabilities

The Korea Employers Federation announced on the 4th that it has published the semi-annual issue of its periodical "Wage & HR Research" under the theme "HR Issues and Prospects in the Digital Transformation Era." The Federation anticipates that digital transformation centered on artificial intelligence (AI) will lead future HR innovation, introducing HR management response strategies and cases while presenting implications.

Hwang Gong-ju, Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting, stated, "AI-centered digital technology is a key driver that promotes organizational innovation and maximizes performance," adding, "As AI matures and spreads throughout organizations, HR will focus on a creative role that offers new insights and solutions."

He also advised companies, "Introducing AI-centered digital technology without preparation is likely to fail, so a phased approach that creates small success cases and gradually expands based on them is the most effective strategy."

Son Song-min, Managing Director at Mercer Korea, emphasized, "With the development and adoption of new technologies like AI, the 'skills required to perform tasks' and the 'skills possessed by members' will become the benchmarks for HR management," and stressed, "To make members feel the importance of skills, skills must be linked to compensation."

He suggested a practical approach to linking skills and compensation by supplementing and strengthening the existing compensation system through providing incentives or temporary bonuses for specific skills.

Kim Ju-ho, Professor in the Department of Computer Science at KAIST, explained, "AI-based hyper-personalized learning involves AI analyzing individual capabilities, preferences, and learning speeds to provide optimized learning content and interact with learners," and pointed out, "Just as overreliance on calculators weakens basic calculation skills, excessive dependence on AI without a solid foundation can degrade thinking and problem-solving abilities."

Lee Jung-hak, Professor of HR Data Major in the Department of Business Administration at Gachon University, said, "People analytics, which moves away from past decision-making based on intuition and experience to objective and scientific decisions based on data, is gaining attention," emphasizing, "AI-based predictive models can analyze employee engagement and turnover likelihood, enabling proactive responses."

Additionally, in the special forum, Baek Jin-gi, CEO of Handok, shared his thoughts and experiences on HR based on over 40 years of experience and forecasted the future of HR. CEO Baek emphasized, "For sustainable corporate growth, an HR system that approaches employees individually according to their contributions is necessary, and through this, the company should become a place where key talents want to work."

Ha Sang-woo, Head of the Economic Research Headquarters at the Korea Employers Federation, stated, "Strengthening members' digital capabilities is an urgent task for improving productivity," and added, "Since AI is more likely to be used as a tool to augment human capabilities rather than replace human labor, we must actively seek productivity innovation measures through collaboration with AI."

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