ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Consequences of ineffectiveness at work
Which of the following is a consequence for an individual who fails to keep their professional skills up to date?
Failing to keep skills up to date reduces employability and risks the individual's skills becoming obsolete. Employers want people able to meet current demands, so outdated skills limit promotion and job options. It does not guarantee more responsibility or reduce stress.
- AReduced employability and risk of skills becoming obsoleteCorrect
- BGuaranteed increase in responsibility
- CLower stress because tasks become simpler
Explanation
Out-of-date skills make the individual less able to meet job demands and less attractive to other employers, so employability falls. Responsibility is not guaranteed to rise, and stress is more likely to increase than fall.
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