How do chief digital officers pursue digital transformation activities? The role of organization design parameters

While an increasing number of companies are establishing Chief Digital Officer (CDO) positions to support their digital transformation (DT), there has been very little research on how CDOs can pursue DT activities in their organizations. We conducted a multiple-case study to investigate the organiza...

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Vydáno v:Long range planning Ročník 53; číslo 3; s. 101890
Hlavní autoři: Singh, Anna, Klarner, Patricia, Hess, Thomas
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2020
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Chief digital officer
Digital transformation
Executives
Organization design
Executives
Digital transformation
Organization design
Chief digital officer
ISSN:0024-6301, 1873-1872
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Shrnutí:While an increasing number of companies are establishing Chief Digital Officer (CDO) positions to support their digital transformation (DT), there has been very little research on how CDOs can pursue DT activities in their organizations. We conducted a multiple-case study to investigate the organization design parameters surrounding CDOs and their DT activities. Our study contributes to research on strategic change by showing how, once CDOs have been appointed, they need to be embedded in the organization by (vertically) anchoring them in the organization's structure, depending on the firm's DT strategy and the CDO's task focus. Further, CDOs combine different formal and informal activities to coordinate (horizontally) between employees working on DT activities in different units and at different hierarchical levels. We also contribute to organization design research by providing insights into how a firm's DT strategy, its CDO's hierarchical position, and the CDO's task focus have to be aligned in order to digitally transform a company.
ISSN:0024-6301
1873-1872
DOI:10.1016/j.lrp.2019.07.001