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Dynamic Capabilities: Towards Assessment of Futures Literacy Competency

  • Roly Javier Gutarra Romero
  • , Alma Gabriela Valente Mercado
  • , Luis Ramirez Sirgo

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Abstract

In recent years, the topic of dynamic capabilities has acquired new content. As higher-order competencies, they allow one to constantly update oneself with new knowledge, flexibly recombine resources, and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. A key part of dynamic capabilities is working with the future, starting with basic skills - futures literacy (FL). Since this competence is key to the human resources of organizations, its development seems important, starting with university programs. For a long time, there were no objective tools for measuring the degree of their mastery. The authors of this article attempt to fill this problem by offering an innovative approach to identifying and standardizing the assessment of FL competence. Six theoretical dimensions of FL are proposed as a basis for grouping assessment criteria and compiling final assessments and their interpretation. The corresponding dimensions, such as FL sub-competencies that include foresight, the assessment of future scenarios, and decision-making under uncertainty, can be assessed independently of each other. The ability to measure the initial level of FL will allow for the development of more effective educational programs for the development of this competence.
Translated title of the contributionCapacidades dinámicas: Hacia la evaluación de la competencia de alfabetización del futuro
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)86
Number of pages97
JournalForesight and STI Governance
Volume19
Issue number2
Early online date2025
DOIs
StateIndexed - 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

  • dynamic capabilities
  • scenario planning
  • futures literacy (FL)
  • skills evaluation
  • strategic thinking
  • futures studies
  • innovative thinking
  • Foresight

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