The course addresses the topic of digital transformation of organisations, and the consequent impacts on the way modern organisations work and operate. The course invites students to reflect on the changes, opportunities, risks, and consequences on the use of digital technologies in organisational design and change processes, and on the implications for organisational decision making and operational processes.

The course aims at transferring to the students theoretical knowledge and practical skills on the role of digital technologies in organisations, and on the competences and the processes necessary by individuals and organisations to govern this process.

During the course the students will be engaged in learning activities, both theoretical and practical ones, as individuals and in groups. The participation to the course will stimulate in students the development of the following capabilities.

Knowledge and comprehension
Understand the nature and impact of organisational change produced by the introduction of digital technologies in individual and groups behaviour.
Know the main information systems used in organisations.
Know the tools to analyse processes and guide the transformation processes through digital technologies.
Know the tools and the processes for analysing the information needs and for the design of or data analysis and presentation.

Applied knowledge
Being able to identify potential areas of application of digital technologies to solve organisational problems.
Being able to understand and govern the analysis of business processes and their re-engineering in the digital transformation.
Know how to identify and analyse the information needs of an organisation and how to design data analytics tools to satisfy such needs.
Know how to manage a digital transformation process through planning activities and estimating the effort, and know how to control the process using project management tools and techniques

Judgement capabilities
Know the main variables influencing the digital transformation process, know how to analyse them, and be able to judge if and when digital technologies can be used for organisational innovation and change.

Communication capabilities
During the course the students will practice the capabilities of presenting and discussing their ideas on the role of digital technologies in the transformation process of organisations.

Know how to learn
Being able to learn in an autonomous and self-management way.