Organizations and Digital Transformation

The course aims to provide a critical understanding of the fundamental issues surrounding the digitalization of organizations. Building on classical themes in organizational behavior, including organizational design, organizational culture, teamworking, and organizational change, the course examines how organizations are shaped by digitalization and what this means for the people who work within them, exploring questions of power, identity, control, and meaning in an increasingly digitized world of work. By paying attention to the contemporary dynamics of technological change, students will develop both the analytical frameworks, and the critical sensibility needed to engage with the challenges relating to contemporary organizing.

Having successfully completed this course, students will be able to:
· Identify and critically discuss the impact that digital transformation is having on organizations, at the individual, group and organizational level
· Discuss the most prominent perspectives on the relationship between technology and organizations, including technological determinism, social constructivism, and sociomateriality.
· Explain and critically analyze the dynamics between individuals and groups in organizations and how digital technologies reshape these dynamics.
· Critically examine how digital technologies reshape relations of power, surveillance, and control within organizations, and how employees negotiate and resist these dynamics.
· Analyze the role of organizational culture and identity in processes of digital transformation, recognizing how digitalization influences the way people experience and make sense of their working lives.
· Evaluate the societal implications of digital transformation, including questions of inequality, ethics, and the changing nature of work in an increasingly digitized world.

Key general skills
· Master oral and written communication, using presentation and other communication tools
· Develop time management study skills, being able to complete assignment on time and prepare readings in advance