Chapter 7: Technology Literacy for Business: A Study in the Context of Digital Transformation

Future occupations are becoming more complex due to digital technology, necessitating that college graduates acquire a varied range of abilities to thrive in a fast-paced, interconnected world. Finding out how students think they are doing in regards to particular digital skills, such as processing data and information digitally, creating material for the web and using various forms of electronic communication, is the main goal of this study. A sample of 115 business engineering students from a private university in Peru was used. This research looks at the needs of several fields of business engineering and industrial education in terms of digital resources that may be used to improve classroom instruction and student performance. Lastly, the researchers provide their thoughts on digital readiness in pursuing a degree in business engineering, which demands adaptability, change and a lot of hard work and commitment to grow. To adapt to these changes, business engineering curricula need to make use of new digital tools that make it easier to incorporate digital content into established pedagogical practices. The results demonstrate that students’ digital skills can be improved by enhancing specific descriptors in the following areas: evaluating digital content, data and information; managing their digital identity; adapting and recalibrating digital content; and finding solutions to problems through the use of technological resources.