Leading through Digital Disruption

Learning outcome 1: Critically reflect on key opportunities and challenges leaders face in leading complex organisations through digital disruption

Learning outcome 2: Understand how to sense changes, make informed decisions and adjust quickly in highly disruptive times

Learning outcome 3: Critically evaluate the significance of human factors and technologies to lead transformation and create a digital-ready and innovative culture

Learning outcome 4: Critically reflect on the mechanisms required to build teams and influence networks in complex and interconnected digital organisations

Assessment Scenario

For this assignment, you will be acting as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) for ONE of the organisations listed below. The board of directors have tasked you to produce a new "Digital Transformation Report'' proposal designed to evaluate and recommend changes that the organisation must implement by means to retain its competitiveness in a market vastly influenced by technology.

Select ONLY 1 for your report.

• Meezan Bank
• Tata Motors
• Hulu
• Adidas

Task 1: Change Analysis Proposal (LO1)

• Prepare a clear introduction of your chosen organisation and explain what it does (e.g. the size of the organisation, its core products and services, and the industry it operates).
• Identify and critically analyse key areas of the organisation that are impacted through digital disruption.
• Finally provide a strong justification with clear digital transformation objectives that should be achieved in the next 5 years.

Task 2: Data and Decision Process (LO2)

• Evaluate and propose which techniques and technologies your chosen organisation can use to detect the changes in the market it operates in.
• Determine which digital systems your chosen organisation can use to make fast decisions to quickly adapt to the changes in its market.

Task 3: Implementing Digital Culture (LO3)

When implemented purposefully, digital culture can drive sustainable action and create value for all stakeholders.
For this task, you must recommend some innovative approaches on how your chosen organisation should install a digital-ready culture to support digital transformation.

your arguments must be critical with the support of academic literatures and real case examples.

Task 4: Collaborative Team Leadership (LO4)

Analyse and propose two appropriate digital leadership styles that your organisation needs to develop by means of increasing team collaboration between key department of the business (e.g., operation, research & development, marketing, ICT etc).

Structure and References
• Structure is in line with the given instructions
• Give a professional appearance with consistent formatting
• Spelling and grammar are correct
• Each page has a page number in the Footer
• Any tables or figures are correctly labelled
• Tables and figures do not cross boundaries, unless necessary
• Properly cite your sources in the text and in the list of references
• Use Harvard style for referencing and in-text citations.