Digital transformation management - ØKAD1240 (7,5 sp)
In this course, you will learn how organizations undergo changes because of digitalization.
| Opptakskrav: | Generell studiekompetanse |
| Studiested: | Nettstudier |
| Studiestart: | Høst og vår |
| Lånekassen: | Godkjent |
| Eksamen: | Nettbasert |
| Fysisk oppmøte: | Nei |
| Samling: | Nei |
Om emnet:
Dette emnet undervises på engelsk og beskrives derfor på engelsk.
This course focuses on how digital technologies transform organizations’ business models as well as reshape their relationship with important groups of stakeholders such as customers, business partners, and competition. You will learn how organizations’ assumptions about innovation, data, and value creation change because of digitalization.
During the course you will learn how to recognize opportunities digitalization provides to organizations and how to effectively manage business processes under digital transformations.
The course concludes by presenting students with a framework for analyzing the effects of digital transformation in a given organization. The course combines theoretical knowledge from the fields of digital marketing, management, data science, and strategy. The course features multiple interviews with managers from various industries in private sector in order to highlight professional relevance of course material.
Please note that if you take this as a single course, i.e., not as part of a degree program, you can get a transcript of your grades after you have completed the course.
After completing this course, the student is expected to have acquired the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
- Understands the concept of “(digital) business model” and knows various frameworks for analyzing “(digital) business models”
- Has knowledge about how organizations exploit digital opportunities (connectivity, automation etc.) to innovate their business models
- Understands how digital transformations affects organization’s relationship with various groups of stakeholders (customers, suppliers, state, community etc.)
- Understands important elements of change management in relation to digital transformations.
Skills
- Can explain how digital transformations affect organizations (e.g., in terms of value innovation, business model innovation etc.)
- Can explain how organizations exploit digital opportunities for value creation
- Can provide an evaluation of the role of digital transformation for a given organization
Competence
- Has knowledge about ethical challenges that digital transformations raise (e.g., digital divide between groups of people on the basis of age, socio-economic status etc.)
- Understands the differences between radical and incremental (digital) innovations
- Understands how digital transformation affect different groups of society globally (e.g., youth, marginalized groups, groups with low socio-economic resources etc.)
- Can communicate (e.g., in form of a written report or an interactive presentation) evaluation results on the consequences of digital transformation in a given organization.
Requirements
- Passing a multiple choice test.
Exam
- 4-hour individual exam.
The exam content is the learning outcomes. The written assignment is censored and given a grade, A - F.