Strategic Digital Transformation: A Results-Driven Approach

ISBN-13: 9780367031077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 216 str.

Alex Fenton; Gordon Fletcher; Marie Griffiths

Opis

Emerging technologies are having a profound impact upon business, as individuals and organisations increasingly embrace digital technologies. This book offers results-driven solutions that successfully transform organisations into data-driven, people-focused businesses capable of sustainably competing at a global level.

Recenzje

"In a time where the majority of companies give in to hype by marrying their digital solutions instead of their business problems, or desires, the solutions are created to aid, the authors offer a refreshing stance which acknowledges that companies must treat digital transformation as a strategic exercise if they are to expect business relevant outcomes from their continuous change processes." - Christian Nielsen, Group Head of Digital Strategy at Nodes

"For those looking to navigate the turbulent and complex landscape of digital transformation, this book delivers a mix of deep-dive theory and real world application, providing the perfect blueprint to grow confidence and drive change across any organisation."- Lucy Ann Kirby, Digital Strategist and Cultural Changemaker, Guernsey

"Heavily practice-oriented, this book prepares business scholars and leaders to ignite, innovate and enable digital transformation in any organization. Going digital is no more a matter of choice, it is a must for organizations to survive, gain strategic advantage and stay ahead of competition. A must read." - Dr. Debashish Sengupta, award-winning author, consultant and Professor at Royal University for Women, Bahrain

Spis treści

PART I: Understanding the digital in business. 1 Why do strategic digital transformation? 2 How to critically understand the digital landscape. 3 What is digital business maturity? 4 Who are my competitors and what is my relationship to them? 5 Managing the digital transformation of an organisation. 6 How to become a digitally enabled and visionary leader. PART II: Digitally transforming the organisation. The external drivers for change. 7 Horizon scanning: cautionary tales. 8 The challenge of new, ever-changing technology and how to keep up. 9 Conducting a competitor analysis in the digital age. 10 Understanding how others see your organisation. Internal motivations: wanting to change the organisation. 11 Doing a forensic internal audit of your organisation: skills, resources, culture, resistance. 12 The value of transparency, sharing, customisation, boldness and openness. 13 Overcoming the legacy of processes, systems and people. Planning to change: becoming a data-driven organisation. 14 Tactics to build your digital strategy. 15 What to plan and when to make decisions with data. 16 How to create responsive business models. PART III: Making your plans happen: acting and engaging. 17 Visible change and inspiring others: making events that challenge innovation. 18 Managing your human resources: sequential-tasking and maker time. 19 Enabling organisational change: co-creation, co-production and co-consumption. 20 Service innovation and transformation: the case of WeChat. PART IV: Assessing your success. 21 Permanently embed innovation into your organisation: always interconnected. 22 Measuring the digital transformation in an organisation: audit to discover what value was added. 23 Read me first: the importance of continuous change.