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The roles and responsibilities of chief digital officers
Many organizations have created a new managerial position – the chief digital officer (CDO) – in response to the challenges and opportunities that digitalization holds. Studies show that CDOs may take important roles in digital transformation of organizations, but also that role expectations can be unclear and hard to meet. It is therefore important for organizations to understand what makes CDOs successful.
The changing role of the IT department
As IT is increasingly embedded in products and services, customer and supplier relationships, and business processes, the role of the IT department expands to impact core functions and business strategies. This may require changes in work processes, structures, and competence requirements.
Information systems strategy
IT competence
Digital transformation
Responding to disruptive digital innovation
Digital innovations challenge the existence of traditional organizations and cause severe systemic effects in industries and markets. Building capabilities to respond to such digital disruptions is therefore a central concern for many organizations.
Organizational agility
IT and innovation
Digital transformation
Digital leadership
Improving the value of strategic IS research for practitioners
Many information systems scholars address issues that are of high practitioner concern, and results from collective research efforts can provide meaningful advice to practitioners in areas of high strategic importance. This requires effective exchange of relevant knowledge between researchers and practitioners.
Information systems strategy
Business – IT alignment
Digital transformation
Digital leadership
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