Digital Business, Innovation & Transformation

When it comes to digital business and innovation, students will need to learn about the following:

• Analyze the application of business intelligence and the impact on organizations.
• Contemporary issues and challenges in the management of information systems.
• Analyse the role of digital capability in the enterprise.

World’s leading innovators on Digital Business:

“In today’s era of volatility, there is no other way but to re-invent. The only sustainable advantage you can have over others is agility, that’s it. Because nothing else is sustainable, everything else you create, somebody else will replicate.” Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder.

“When digital transformation is done right, it’s like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but when done wrong, all you have is a really fast caterpillar.” George Westerman, Principal Research Scientist with the MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy.

“The Last ten years of IT have been about changing the way people work. The next ten years of IT will be about transforming your business.” Aaron Levie, CEO of Box.

Digital Business Organisations

• Different types of Information systems and their application within the organisation
• Systems, people, structure, processes and technology
• Information System, value chain and supply chain; information systems support various processes.
• Information systems allow people to work together in virtual and collaborative teams.
• Big Data, its uses and challenges
• Business Intelligence and its alignment with Business Strategy, Decision Support System,
• Digital Capability & Decision Making
• Digital Internet Technologies – The Internet of Things (IoT), a network of physical objects (Things) embedded with sensors, processors etc. connected to the Internet. Social Media, Instant Messaging and Web Applications.
• Electronic Commerce, Mobile e-Commerce Applications
• Security, Privacy and Ethical Issues in Digital Business

The new digital business

Digital Disruption is a human thing

Links related to Digital Transformation in Asian Retail Industry

Digital Transformation of the Retail Industry in Asia

, including companies that have innovated.

The Asia digital retail technology revolution: Higher Customer engagement

Digital transformation of retail industry in Asia Pacific to redefine customer experiences and improve revenue – Microsoft

The State of Digital Transformation in Southeast Asia October 2017: BCG Report

Deloitte Report- Disruptions in Retail through Digital Transformation

Asian retailers nominate their digital transformation priorities

Asia leading the way in digitization of retail market over Europe and the US, with China, Korea, and India at the forefront

McKinsey Report-Reshaping retail: Why technology is transforming the industry and how to win in the new consumer driven world

References

Bharadwaj, Anandhi, O. A. Sawy, Paul A. Pavlou and N. Venkatraman. (2013). “Digital business strategy: toward a next generation of insights.” Management Information Systems Quarterly 37 : 471-482.

Academic Questions

Question: Produce a report titled “A Critical Analysis and Evaluation of the Impact of Information Systems and Digital Capability within the Case Study Organisation”. The report should research the use and impact of Information Systems and Digital Capability within the Case Study Organisation. The findings should be analysed and evaluated and then recommendations made for organisational development, service/organisational improvement and opportunities for innovation and growth within the Case Study Organisation in relation to Information Systems and Digital Capability.

Report Structure: 1. Introduction. 2: Analysis and evaluation of contemporary issues and challenges in the management of Information Systems. 3: Analysis and evaluation of Digital Capability within the Case Study Organisation. 4: Recommendations for organisational development, service/organisational improvements and opportunities for innovation and growth in the Case Study Organisation in relation to Information Systems and Digital Capability. 5: Conclusion

Your report should be guided by relevant theories and concepts and it is important to include academic research to underpin your analysis and critical findings where applicable. Supporting text books, academic papers and case studies should be included and referenced correctly.