MINTZBERG EMERGENT VIEW ON BRIDGING THE DIGITAL SKILLS GAP

In 2013 the UK’s digital inclusion champion, Martha Lane Fox, believed that over 16 million people in the UK lacked the basic digital skills to fully benefit from the internet.

Moreover, two years since then the UK has started to bridge the divide. But still 12 million people fall short of the statistics. This trend in the digital divide will continue to decrease if government agencies, businesses and educational institutions do not work together to close this skills gap.

This skills gap in the UK is costing the government billions of turnover. It is all doom and gloom though reading from this findings. The public sector are keen on adapting new digital ways however the fear is costing the sector dearly.

Comparing the public sector and the private sector, the private sector are more forward thinking and are ready for the change as it comes. This also concludes why the private sector is way ahead in digital trends compared to the private sector.

As the Mintzberg strategy would suggest, more individuals are applying for computer science courses at university level at a 12 per cent increase. Bridging this gap can be achieved entirely through education and skills training in businesses both in public and private sectors. And at the government level, services for the internet and technologies can be enhanced and subsidized for the minorities of the societies to afford and have access to this boosts the computer literacy.