Bachelor

Enterprise Transformation

In this lecture, students develop an understanding of what it means to implement a fundamental change in a company as consequence of the digitalization. For this purpose, the management of both technical and social systems is required.

Further information

Degree

Bachelor

Cycle

Summer term

Language

German

Qualification goals

The students

  • know the goal and tasks of transformation projects in companies
  • get a basic understanding for typical technical and social challenges of transformation projects
  • are able to place resistance in a company in a theoretical context, asses them and derive recommendations

Structure

  • Basics of transformation projects
  • Levels of transformation ad architectures to describe enterprise transformations
  • Influencing factors outside and within the company
  • Describe and design concepts of the transformation management
    • Process models
    • Resistances
    • Theoretical considerations for the description of the resistances
    • Models and methods, experiences
    • Success factors of transformation
  • Implementation controlling

Literature

  • Matt, C.; Hess, T.; Benlian, A.: Digital Transformation Strategies. In Business and Information Systems Engineering. Springer, Wiesbaden 2010, S. 339-343
  • Mannsfeld, M.N.: Innovatoren. Individuen im Innovationsmanagement. Wiesbaden 2011. 
  • Hanna, N.K.: Enabling Enterprise Transformation- Business and Grassroots Innovation for the knowledge economy. Springer, New York 2010. 
  • Lauer, T.: Change Management. Grundlagen und Erfolgsfaktoren. Wiesbaden 2011. 
  • Pescher, J.: Change Management. Taxonomie und Erfolgsauswirkungen. Wiesbaden 2010. 
  • Uhl, A.; Gollenia, L. A.: Digital Enterprise Transformation- A Business-Driven Approach to Leveraging Innovative IT. Gower, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-4724-4854-5 
  • Rouse, William B.: A Theory to Enterprise Transformation. In Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005, S. 279-295

Method of assessment

Final exam (usually 90 minutes)