Organizational Design for Digital Transformation (self-paced online)
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A robust and successful digital transformation requires a mindset shift at a leadership level to change organizational practices. Learn to transform your company through business design and strategy inspired by technology.
Developed by Faculty Director Jeanne Ross and her colleagues at MIT, this online course takes a deep dive into the five foundational dimensions of digital transformation. These key dimensions help organizations leverage the capabilities provided by technology.
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Organizational Design for Digital Transformation (self-paced online) Certificate Track: Strategy and Innovation Location:
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$2,800 Program Days (for ACE Credit) 2
As digital technologies continue to reshape industries, many companies are seeking large-scale digital transformation as a way to maximize results and get ahead of their competition. Enterprises are expected to invest nearly $2 trillion in digital transformation initiatives by 2022, yet research indicates that 70 percent of these initiatives will not reach their goals. To succeed in the digital economy, established businesses must develop and apply new technology and organizational capabilities.
“Being digital is not just introducing mobile apps for customers. It’s taking advantage of the opportunity to redefine a business – and possibly even an industry,” shares Jeanne Ross, Faculty Director of this program.
As one of the world’s top researchers in the challenges faced by senior-level corporate executives in adapting to, and implementing, new information technology in their businesses, Ross takes a deep dive into the five key dimensions of digital transformation, and how successful transformation can occur when systematically driven. These five dimensions form the foundational design principles for organizations seeking to leverage new technologies for innovation. The program also explores how business leaders can influence their organizational mindset to change deeply held, traditional practices
With a focus on the importance of organizational design and the operational backbone of a business, Organizational Design for Digital Transformation explores the five key dimensions required for successful digital transformation. Through insights from MIT faculty, you’ll learn the capabilities needed to succeed in the digital marketplace. Case studies from organizations that have successfully implemented digital transformation efforts will expose you to a variety of knowledgeable executives and thought leaders. Assess your own organization in the context of digital transformation, and formulate a practical road map to implement digital change in your business.
This online program integrates rich, interactive media such as videos, infographics, and e-learning activities as well as traditional didactic components such as traditional written study guides. There are also opportunities for collaborative learning through discussion forums. You will walk away with a Microsoft Excel tool that you can use to evaluate your organization against the five building blocks. This tool is made up of survey questions based on the research done by Jeanne Ross and will allow you to compile a graph that shows you exactly where your organization is, in terms of its digital transformation journey. The following modules contribute to the holistic approach your learning path takes:
ORIENTATION MODULE: WELCOME TO YOUR ONLINE CAMPUS, ONE WEEK You’ll be welcomed with a personal call and introduced to your online teaching and technical support network. You will then begin connecting with fellow participants while exploring the tools of your Online Campus, and will be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and be able to review howyour results will be calculated and distributed.You’ll be required to complete your participant profile, confirm your certificate delivery address, and submit a digital copyof your passport/identity document.
MODULE ONE: DESIGNING FOR DIGITAL SUCCESS Transform your company through business designand strategy inspired by technology.
MODULE TWO: ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE Learn how to achieve operational excellence through a stable and integrated operational backbone that supports digital innovation.
MODULE THREE: CUSTOMER DESIRES AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS Investigate the use of emerging technologies and customerneeds to develop digital solutions.
MODULE FOUR: DIGITAL DESIGN: ENABLING RAPID INNOVATION Build repositories of digital components to enable rapidinnovation of digital offerings
MODULE FIVE: CREATING AN EFFECTIVE INNOVATION CULTURE Develop a culture of innovation within a frameworkof accountability that empowers people to communicate,work in teams, share information, and share customers.
MODULE SIX: IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Use organizational design to engage in ongoing digitalstrategy execution.
Please note that faculty are subject to change and not all faculty teach in each session of the program.
Jeanne lectures, conducts research, and directs executive education courses on IT management practices. She joined MIT CISR in 1993 as a principal research scientist, and was director of the center from 2008 to 2016. Her research examines how companies are architecting themselves for success in the digital economy. She is also studying how companies effectively implement the capabilities offered by new technologies like social, mobile, analytics, cloud, Internet of Things, and cognitive computing.
Jeanne is co-author of three books, and she is a founding senior editor and former editor-in-chief of MIS Quarterly Executive. Her work has appeared in major practitioner and academic journals, including MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, MIS Quarterly Executive, MIS Quarterly, the Journal of Management Information Systems, IBM Systems Journal, and CIO Magazine.
Leaders across sectors who are eager to make digital transformation a strategic priority and optimizetheir digital business models. Mid, senior and top-level managers, including c-suites and other leaders canbenefit from the opportunity to engage with industry experts within the MIT network, and learn to leveragean array of digital technologies in order to develop new value propositions for their customers.
This executive program integrates rich interactive media—such as videos, infographics, and e-learning activities—as well as traditional didactic components such as written study guides (course notes). There are opportunities for collaborative learning through discussion forums.
The program begins with an Orientation to welcome you to the Online Campus. During Orientation, you will explore your analysis environment, become comfortable with your new online classroom, meet your Success Team, and get to know your fellow classmates. Watch the video about the online campus experience >
After Orientation, the course is broken down into six manageable, weekly modules, designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse learning activities:
Work through your downloadable and online instructional material
Interact with your peers and learning facilitators through weekly class-wide forums and small group discussions
Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, infographics, live polls, and more
Investigate rich, real-world case studies
Apply what you learn each week to quizzes and ongoing project submissions
Each module is released weekly, allowing a flexible but structured approach to learning. You’ll be supported as you engage in individual activities and group discussions, ensuring you feel confident to submit your best work at each weekly deadline. The time commitment is estimated at 6-8 hours per week, self-paced and entirely online.
SUCCESS TEAM Throughout the course of the program, you will be supported by a team of professionals.
Head Facilitator: A subject expert who’ll guide you through content-related challenges
Success Manager: Your one-on-one support available during MIT hours (9am - 5pm EST) to resolve technical and administrative challenges
Global Success Team: Available 24/7 to solve your tech-related and administrative queries and concerns
BASIC REQUIREMENTS
In order to complete a course, you’ll need a current email account and access to a computer and the internet. You should be familiar with using a computer and accessing the internet, as you may need to read documents in Adobe PDF Reader, view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word. Installing Adobe Flash Player will give you full access to certain course content, such as interactive infographics. However, you’ll still have access to this content in the form of a downloadable PDF transcript if you’d prefer not to use Flash.
We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus. Although this is not a requirement, we have found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course material. This browser can be downloaded here.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Certain courses may require additional software and resources. These additional software and resource requirements will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube maybe used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing course content. Please check with a Course Consultant before registering for this course if you have any concerns about this affecting your experience with the Online Campus.
MIT Sloan Executive Education is collaborating with online education provider GetSmarter to create a new class of learning experience - one that is higher-touch, intimate, and personalized for the working professional. By working with GetSmarter, we are able to broaden access beyond our on-campus offerings in a collaborative and engaging format that stays true to the quality of MIT Sloan and MIT as a whole. GetSmarter's people-driven approach to online learning—centered around the importance of human support—has resulted in an aggregate completion rate consistently above 90% serving more than 48,000 participants over almost a decade.
Registration for this program is done through GetSmarter.
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6 weeks(excluding orientation)
Entirely online
Self-paced learning
6-8 hours/week*
*The recommended weekly time commitment for core content is 4-5 hours, taking into account the busy lifestyles of working professionals, with an additional 2-3 hours recommended for non-compulsory weekly extension activities, should you have the time. Each module is released weekly, allowing a flexible but structured approach to learning. You’ll be supported as you engage in individual activities and group discussions, ensuring you feel confident to submit your best work at each weekly deadline.
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