Strategic Digital Transformation: Theory & Practice

This digital transformation textbook provides students with a learning experience that is academically rigorous, integrating insights from the latest research on the strategic digital transformation of organisations, while supporting the practical application of this knowledge with the ACT (Analyse, Create, Transform) method and the Digital Transformation Toolkit. The ACT method and toolkit are the results of the multi-year and ongoing digital transformation research agenda.

The textbook and its Digital Transformation Toolkit supports students and future managers in understanding the practical realisation of digital transformation of organisations to allow the development of competitive advantages for the digital age, while enabling this to be done in a manner that reflects a sustainable approach.

In 12 chapters, students are provided with contemporary knowledge about and understanding of strategic digital transformation of organisations across seven distinct strategic action fields (SAF) of digital transformation, while developing their capability to address real world business challenges through the application of the digital toolkit.

The textbook’s structure supports this integration of academic rigour and practical relevance to enable an approach to teaching strategic digital transformation that is unique and prepares students for using the knowledge and experience they will acquire in their future careers.