scholarly journals Building and development of an organizational competence for digital transformation in SMEs

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
JM González-Varona ◽  
Adolfo López-Paredes ◽  
David Poza ◽  
Fernando Acebes
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Collective Performance ◽  
Performance Determinants ◽  
Initial Starting ◽  
Organizational Competence

Purpose: The new competitive environment characterized by innovation and constant change is forcing a new organizational behavior. This requires a digital transformation of SMEs based on collective performance determinants. SMEs have particular characteristics that differentiate them from large companies and a model that allows them to identify, leverage and develop their digital capabilities can help them to advance in digital maturity.Design/methodology/approach: An in-depth review of the existing literature on digital transformation and organizational competence was carried out on Scopus and Web of Science to identify the digital challenges faced by SMEs, and what digital capabilities they have to develop to face these challenges. In order to obtain the necessary information for the refinement of organizational competence for digital transformation model, six experts were interviewed; three of them are academics and the other three are professionals with management responsibilities in SMEs. We used semi-structured interviews, to keep the interviews focused and facilitate cross-data analysis between experts. In addition, it allowed us the possibility of analyzing new relevant aspects that could arise during the interview.Findings: As a result of this study we have developed a refined model of organizational competence for digital transformation that allows SMEs to identify and develop the digital capabilities necessary to advance in the digital transformation, refined with the opinions of six experts consulted. We were able to observe the importance of organizational learning and organizational knowledge to advance the digital transformation of SMEs.Originality/value: The developed model is useful for SME managers to know what the initial starting situation is, what the digital gaps are and to be able to plan the actions to develop the necessary digital capabilities to advance towards digital maturity.

scholarly journals Designing industry 4.0 implementation from the initial background and context of companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Valérie Rocchi ◽  
Daniel Brissaud
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
The Right

Industry 4.0 is a promising concept that allows industries to meet customers’ demands with flexible and resilient processes, and highly personalised products. This concept is made up of different dimensions. For a long time, innovative digital technology has been thought of as the only dimension to succeed in digital transformation projects. Other dimensions have been identified such as organisation, strategy, and human resources as key while rolling out digital technology in factories. From these findings, researchers have designed industry 4.0 theoretical models and then built readiness models that allow for analysing the gap between the company initial situation and the theoretical model. Nevertheless, this purely deductive approach does not take into consideration a company’s background and context, and eventually favours one single digital transformation model. This article aims at analysing four actual digital transformation projects and demonstrating that the digital transformation’s success or failure depends on the combination of two variables related to a company’s background and context. This research is based on a double approach: deductive and inductive. First, a literature review has been carried out to define industry 4.0 concept and its main dimensions and digital transformation success factors, as well as barriers, have been investigated. Second, a qualitative survey has been designed to study in-depth four actual industry digital transformation projects, their genesis as well as their execution, to analyse the key variables in succeeding or failing. 46 semi-structured interviews were carried out with projects’ members; interviews have been analysed with thematic content analysis. Then, each digital transformation project has been modelled regarding the key variables and analysed with regards to succeeding or failing. Investigated projects have consolidated the models of digital transformation. Finally, nine digital transformation models have been identified. Industry practitioners could design their digital transformation project organisation and strategy according to the right model.

scholarly journals Designing industry 4.0 implementation from the initial background and context of companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Valérie Rocchi ◽  
Daniel Brissaud
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Double Approach ◽  
Key Variables

Industry 4.0 is a promising concept that allows industries to meet customers’ demands with flexible and resilient processes, and highly personalised products. This concept is made up of different dimensions. For a long time, innovative digital technology has been thought of as the only dimension to succeed in digital transformation projects. Other dimensions have been identified such as organisation, strategy, and human resources as key while rolling out digital technology in factories. From these findings, researchers have designed industry 4.0 theoretical models and then built readiness models that allow for analysing the gap between the company initial situation and the theoretical model. Nevertheless, this purely deductive approach does not take into consideration a company’s background and context, and eventually favours one single digital transformation model. This article aims at analysing four actual digital transformation projects and demonstrating that the digital transformation’s success or failure depends on the combination of two variables related to a company’s background and context. This research is based on a double approach: deductive and inductive. First, a literature review has been carried out to define industry 4.0 concept and its main dimensions and digital transformation success factors, as well as barriers, have been investigated. Second, a qualitative survey has been designed to study in-depth four actual industry digital transformation projects, their genesis as well as their execution, to analyse the key variables in succeeding or failing. 46 semi-structured interviews were carried out with projects’ members; interviews have been analysed with thematic content analysis. Then, each digital transformation project has been modelled regarding the key variables and analysed with regards to succeeding or failing. Investigated projects have consolidated the models of digital transformation. Finally, nine digital transformation types have been identified.

scholarly journals Assessing Digital Transformation in Universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Guillermo Rodríguez-Abitia ◽  
Graciela Bribiesca-Correa
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Network Applications ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Transformation Processes ◽  
Degree Of Innovation

Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 are reshaping the way organizations function and interact with the communities they serve. The massive penetration of computer and network applications forces organizations to digitalize their processes and provide innovative products, services, and business models. The education market is suffering changes as well, but universities seem slow to react. This paper proposes the application of an integrated digital transformation model to assess the maturity level that educational institutions have in their digital transformation processes and compares them to other industries. Particular considerations to address when using the model for higher-education institutions are discussed. Our results show that universities fall behind other sectors, probably due to a lack of effective leadership and changes in culture. This is complemented negatively by an insufficient degree of innovation and financial support.

scholarly journals Changing Neighborhoods and Residents’ Health Perceptions: The Heart Healthy Hoods Qualitative Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paloma Conde ◽  
Marta Gutiérrez ◽  
María Sandín ◽  
Julia Díez ◽  
Luisa Borrell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Health Perceptions ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Constant Change

Cities, and therefore neighborhoods, are under constant change. Neighborhood changes may affect residents’ health in multiple ways. The Heart Healthy Hoods (HHH) project studies the association between neighborhood and residents’ health. Focusing on a middle–low-socioeconomic neighborhood in Madrid (Spain), our aim was to describe qualitatively its residents’ perceptions on the urban changes and their impacts on health. We designed a qualitative study using 16 semi-structured interviews including adult residents and professionals living or working in the area. Firstly, we described the perceived main social and neighborhood changes. Secondly, we studied how these neighborhood changes connected to residents’ health perceptions. Perceived major social changes were new demographic composition, new socio–cultural values and economic changes. Residents’ negative health perceptions were the reduction of social relationships, increase of stress and labor precariousness. Positive health perceptions were the creation of supportive links, assimilation of self-care activities and the change in traditional roles. Neighborhood changes yielded both negative and positive effects on residents’ health. These effects would be the result of the interrelation of different elements such as the existence or absence of social ties, family responsibilities, time availability, economic resources and access and awareness to health-promoting programs. These qualitative research results provide important insight into crafting urban health policies that may ultimately improve health outcomes in communities undergoing change.

scholarly journals The university-to-work transition: responses of universities and organizations to the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Donald ◽  
Melanie J. Ashleigh ◽  
Yehuda Baruch
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Global Labor Market ◽  
Career Literature ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand how universities and organizations have responded to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of preparing university students and recent graduates to enter the global labor market, using the accounting, banking and finance sector as a case study. The two research questions are (1) How can university career services and organizations work individually and collaboratively to best develop early career talent following the COVID-19 pandemic? (2) What are the challenges that university career services and organizations face when working individually or collaboratively to develop early career talent following the COVID-19 pandemic?Design/methodology/approachThe data for thematic analysis comes from 36 semi-structured interviews with career advisors (CAs) (n = 19) and graduate recruiters (GRs) (n = 17).FindingsThis study offers some of the first findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to ensure that organizational behavior and career theory literature reflect the dramatically changing landscape in the university-to-work transition.Originality/valueTheoretically, our contribution comes from applying a framework of the career construction theory (CTT) within the context of a career ecosystem to understand the views of the intermediary, meso-level actors, which, to date, have lacked representation within career literature. Practically, we provide an insightful bridge between universities and organizations, offering opportunities for greater collaboration, and enhanced outcomes for all stakeholders.

scholarly journals Participatory communication as a key strategy in the construction of citizenship

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 890-900
Author(s):  
Felipe Anderson Rios Incio ◽  
Enaidy Reynosa Navarro ◽  
Edith Gissela Rivera Arellano ◽  
Lindon Vela Meléndez
Keyword(s):  
Web Of Science ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Participatory Communication ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Social Empowerment ◽  
The Relationship

This research set out to analyze the importance of participatory communication as a critical strategy in the construction of citizenship through an exhaustive review of the specialized literature; whose purpose was to update the knowledge related to citizenship and its structure, participatory communication and its contribution to the construction of citizenship, as well as updated approaches to participatory communication. The scientific information supporting the study results was fundamentally extracted from scientific journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, Scielo, Redalyc, and Dialnet. All citations and bibliographic references were managed using Mendeley. As preliminary results, it is found that participatory communication facilitates the integration and cohesion of the communities, based on joint projects, decision-making, participation, and actions that benefit citizens. It is concluded that citizenship is in constant change depending on the citizen; also, that it is essential to recover the relationship between citizenship and participation in pursuit of socio-cultural development; likewise, that community participation must be legitimate, holistic, and inclusive; also, that the contribution of communication lies in the dynamization of social actors; finally, that participatory communication approaches make it possible to dynamize the determining social behaviors to achieve social empowerment.

scholarly journals How Higher Education Institutions Are Driving to Digital Transformation: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 636
Author(s):  
Andreia Filipa Teixeira ◽  
Maria José Angélico Gonçalves ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Machado Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Business World ◽  
Digital Development

In recent years, the rapid development of technological innovation has transformed the business world. Digital transformation improves the economic positioning of companies, contributing to society and the environment, but beyond technological evolution, it also brings social and cultural changes. With the new trends, companies saw the need to train people with digital skills and higher education institutions (HEIs) were forced to change their teaching methods to keep up with the new demands of the labour market. In this context, it is intended to identify the influence that HEIs play in the digital development of regions, in this case, the influence of Public Polytechnic Institutes of Porto in the development of the Metropolitan Area of Porto. The methodology adopted to answer the objectives of this study and research questions formulated, was an exploratory study, using semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. The results obtained allowed us to verify the positive influence of HEIs in the digital development of the Metropolitan Area of Porto. As well as identify the motivations that lead companies to participate in digital transformation initiatives, identify the skills needed to meet the demands of the labour market and identify the efforts made by HEIs to keep up with the digital evolution of society.

scholarly journals Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Leadership: An Organizational Study

Economics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (3-5) ◽  
pp. 153-165
Author(s):  
Rami Aljabali Rami Aljabali
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Science ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Structured Interviews

The work addresses the problems in the field of organizational behavioral science and explores the emotional intelligence and spiritual leadership. The aim of this study is to understand the essence of emotional intelligence and spiritual leadership and their impact on organizational success, employee behavior, labor productivity, employees’ jobs performance. The epistemological view of this study is subjective interpretivism and ontology, as the views, experiences, and behaviors of the participant in contextual social events are gathered to evaluate the results and draw conclusions. The research strategy is a case study, stratified sampling will be used for the data collection phase. The primary data are obtained from the qualitative data collection techniques such as the semi-structured interviews, observation and MSCEIT test. Additionally, there is highlighted how the role of emotional stability, social skills and general mental capabilities play in employees’ job performance as compared to IQ. This will emphasize the relationship between the emotional intelligence and job performance within different business sectors. Moreover, spiritual leadership is not something usually managers tend to utilize within their practice. This study will emphasize the importance of spiritual leadership mixed with high levels of emotional intelligence. Based on the findings, this research will suggest a new strategy for creating policies that will set employees on a path to reach their full potential in the organization. Finally, the findings are supposed to shed a light on the effect of emotional intelligence and leadership’s ability to increase overall productivity despite a person’s IQ and academic capabilities. Keywords: Organizational Behavior, Spiritual Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, IQ.

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