IRI32018 Digitalization (Autumn 2021)

The ever-accelerating technological development with a strong focus on digitization will change what private and public companies are working on and how they carry out their work. The development of digital technologies provides new opportunities, but also challenge the companies. Businesses operate in an ever-changing landscape, where their ability to understand development and link it to their strategy, work processes and innovation, can make it easier to maneuver. Through the course, a number of topics within digitalization will be discussed, to provide students insight into and understanding of digital tools and methods. The course focuses on topics such as:

• models and trends characterizing a digital development
• digital communication and marketing
• value chains IoT, big data, AI, visualization
• blockchain and similar models

Knowledge

The student has

•  theoretical and practical understanding of what affects digital development in public and private sector
• knowledge and understanding of opportunities and challenges in businesses as a result of digitalization
• knowledge and understanding of how digitalization and new technological changes can be integrated into businesses
• knowledge about the ethical challenges associated with digitization

Skills

The student can

•  implement practical projects using various digital tools
• demonstrate ability for independent and critical assessment through application of course knowledge
• use tools to stimulate businesses to innovate through digitization

General competence

The student can

• evaluate digital strategies in a critical perspective focusing on environmental, interpersonal and technical challenges
• understand the challenges relating to implementing a digital strategy
• apply knowledge and skills to develop a wide range of organizations

Individual written assigment based on syllabus. Theme is given at the start of the assignment.

Participation in group-based project work with report delivery.

Submission of group work in an folder with a total of four submissions.

An overall grade is given on the submitted work according to character rule A-F, where A is best grade and F is not passed.

Last update: May 9th 2018.

Due to the development in the subject, literature changes may happen. This implies that new literature can replace older literature at the start of the course

Kidder, T. (2000), The Soul of A New Machine, Little Brown and Company.

Wåge, Dagfinn og Crawford, Gunnar Edwin, Creating Disruptive Ecosystems