Managing Digital Transformation
Overview
- Credit value: 15 credits at Level 5
- Convenor: Dr Marion Frenz
- Tutor: Saverio Romeo
- Assessment: a 2100-word online examination (100%)
Module description
Public and private organisations are going through a process of digital transformation to:
- optimise operations
- increase efficiency
- achieve sustainability.
This process involves understanding the impact and value of emerging technologies and learning to use them within the organisation and along the value chain. This has strong implications for organisations in terms of modus operandi and innovation capabilities, demanding organisational change to be able to make the most out of emerging technologies.
In this module you will learn how to generate value from emerging digital technologies and gain an understanding of technologies and their applications, as well as the management, innovation, policy and societal impacts of digital transformation processes.
Indicative syllabus
- The waves of digital technological change
- Emerging technologies, convergence and digital transformation
- Managing the digital transformation
- The pillars of digital transformation:
- the Internet of Things
- blockchain
- data management and analytics
- artificial intelligence
- new realities (AR,VR,MR)
- Digital transformation and policy
Learning objectives
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- understand the concepts of digital technologies, digital transformation and technological convergence
- apply economic and management theories and practice to understand the character and impacts of emerging technologies and digital transformation processes
- evaluate current and future applications of digital technologies in, and its differential impacts on, key industries
- demonstrate how technology policies address and encourage digital transformation processes
- critically discuss the broader societal effects of digital transformation processes.