Course - Digital Transformation in Organizations - BSOL4065
Digital Transformation in Organizations
About
About the course
Course content
The course develops the students´ understanding and knowledge regarding digital transformation within the organization.
Key contents are:
- Understand how companies plan and implement digital transformation.
- Research and case studies on the digitalization process
- Academic research on business models, organizational capabilities, and implications of the digital transformation
- Tools and insights into how to develop the ecosystem and create customer value to implement digital strategy
Key topics include:
- Understand digital transformation and digital strategy
- Business model innovation
- Agile project management
- Digital transformation and customer value creation
Learning outcome
Completion of the course will enable students to:
Knowledge:
- Advanced knowledge about how companies plan and implement digital transformation.
- Wide insight into the key concepts related to business models, organizational capabilities, and implications of digital transformation.
Skills:
- Can participate in the planning and execution of digital transformation in organizations.
- Can cooperate with customers for the value creation.
- Be able to understand and analyze different issues related to digital transformation in organizations
- Able to apply tools and insights to implement digital strategy.
General competencies:
- Can identify areas of risk and opportunity in digital transformations
- Can identify the reasons why many companies resist digital change and what you can do to overcome that resistance
- Can leverage system thinking about digital transformation in an organization.
Learning methods and activities
The course will consist of a combination of lectures, group work, case discussions and student presentations.
Compulsory assignments
- Mandatory Assignment
Further on evaluation
The course evaluation is two-fold.
First, compulsory assignments are to be delivered and approved during the semester before the final group assignment is submitted.
The group assignment contains a written assignment and a presentation, which together count for 100 % of the course evaluation and have to be written by a group of students (in special circumstances individually).
More information will be given at the start of the semester.
Following the language of instruction, the exam must be answered in English
New assessment if not passed, see supplementary rules at the Faculty of Economics.
In the case of a re-sit exam and the last exam after the course has been discontinued, the form of assessment may be changed to an oral exam
The course is only available to students admitted to a study programme under "special conditions".
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Economics and Business Administration (MSIVØK5)
Economics and Business Administration (ØAMSC)
Management of Technology (ØAMLT)
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
The syllabus will be published at the beginning of the semester
Subject areas
- Economics and Administration