Learning Outcomes / Competencies

3.1 Professional Competencies
3.1.1 Knowledge
The students can

• explain the basics of the digital transformation in organizations
• explain and compare digital business models
• explain methods and tools for change management
• explain the core concepts of “Arbeit 4.0”

3.1.2 Skills
The students are able to

• analyze and develop digital transformation projects
• apply change management to organisations
• develop tailored concepts for sustainable digital transformation

in a given context in the course.

3.2 Personal Competencies
3.2.1 Social Competencies
Students train to develop and discuss concepts in teams. They can present their results to companies and discuss in a professional context.

3.2.2 Autonomy
work in teams and set up a digital transformation project for their respective case study.

Content

The digital transformation is to a relevant extent a change process with a huge impact on organizations, processes, business model, the socio-economic environment and finally the affected hum beings. Managing the digital change means doing change management in a very specific context by implementing change projects. The module intends to give students a scientific insight into the relevant underlying mechanisms of the digital change process.

1. Digital Transformation in Organisations
1.1 New digitalized forms of organisation
1.2 Business models and business relations in the digital era
1.3 Structural resistance of organisations against digital change
1.4 Chances and risks of digital transformation in organisations

2. Socio-economic Impact of Digital Transformation
2.1 Digital transformation as a socio-economic trend
2.2 “Arbeit 4.0”
2.3 Education and training as impact mitigation
2.3 Analysis of Case Studies

3. Sustainable Digital Transformation
3.1 Stakeholder management in digital transformation projects
3.2 Project management for digital transformation projects
3.3 Efficiency and effectivity measurement
3.4 Sustainability and maturity models

Teaching and Training Methods
Students will be introduced to the relevant topics and to literature for further reading. Students will be guided through a case study project where they plan a digital transformation project for an example case. This example case will be taken preferably from a real company project. Companies can bring their digital transformation projects as a case study for a block week or summer school workshop. Students form teams to prepare the respective project and present it in a kick-off presentation to the companies.

• Lectures introducing concepts, methods and tools
• Group work in the case study project to practice concepts and methods, to develop skills and to work on case studies
• Presentations to communicate results and do a scientific discussion and reflection

Assessment

• 50% contributions within case study project (team presentation)
• 50% written or oral examination at the end of the course

Requirements for Award of Credits

Successful completion of examination, Group presentation of team results

Module used in other programmes

Master Digital Transformation

Weighting of the mark for the final grade

6,8 % (6/66) x 75

Literature

F. Nashira, A. Nicolai, P. Dini, M.L. Louarn, L.R. Leon: Digital Business Ecosystem. European Commission, 2010, Retrieved from http://www.digital-ecosystems.org/book/de-book2007.html, , last accessed June 06, 2013