scholarly journals Challenges of Remote Leadership in a Digitalized Working World 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
Dietrich H. Steude

Abstract The digital transformation of industry is driving the advance of agile work structures and, in particular, home office working. This article examines the question of what effect the physical distance of employees from the company has on its productivity and innovation potential, and what challenges are posed to a remote leadership.

Author(s):  
Christian Glahn

The digital transformation has reached higher education and many faculty members find teaching in the digital environment hard. A key question for educational institutions is whether the uptake of blended learning within their digitization strategies matches the pace of technological innovation. This chapter discusses a model for monitoring the progress of educational digitization that has been in use throughout four years at HTW Chur, Switzerland. The model connects technologies to practices rather than abstracting technologies from them. This helps identifying performance indicators in campus-wide information systems for understanding the diffusion of technology uses among the faculty, and it helps categorizing new technologies towards their organizational innovation potential. The combined use of these performance indicators with the model supports tailoring faculty development activities for digitization strategies that are based on the actual development needs within the institution.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 2-12
Author(s):  
Marcus Diedrich ◽  
Markus Peplinski

The term Work 4.0 is connected with the discussion about the fourth industrial revolution, but focuses on modes of working conditions – not only in the industrial sector but also in the entire working world. The digital transformation is leading to profound changes in business models, organizations and work design. The working world of the future will be more digital, flexible and networked. The corona crisis has shifted the framework conditions with regard to communication both within the company and with customers. Many companies are becoming aware that too little money and time has been invested in digital infrastructure. The aim of this essay is to fnd out to what extent the corona crisis serves as a catalyst for the digital transformation in the specialist sanitary trade. The study carried out for this purpose leads to the result that the use of video conferences and home offces have increased and will also be used more frequently in the future. In contrast, the use of targeted multi-channel measures in the form of virtual showrooms is on the decline.


Author(s):  
Christian Glahn

The digital transformation has reached higher education and many faculty members find teaching in the digital environment hard. A key question for educational institutions is whether the uptake of blended learning within their digitization strategies matches the pace of technological innovation. This chapter discusses a model for monitoring the progress of educational digitization that has been in use throughout four years at HTW Chur, Switzerland. The model connects technologies to practices rather than abstracting technologies from them. This helps identifying performance indicators in campus-wide information systems for understanding the diffusion of technology uses among the faculty, and it helps categorizing new technologies towards their organizational innovation potential. The combined use of these performance indicators with the model supports tailoring faculty development activities for digitization strategies that are based on the actual development needs within the institution.


Author(s):  
Н.А. Курманов ◽  
А.Е. Рахимбекова ◽  
А.К. Маралов ◽  
N. Kurmanov ◽  
A. Rakhimbekova ◽  
...  

В статье на основе использования современных научных методов: библиометрического анализ, контент-анализа содержания публикаций из баз данных Scopus и Web of Science, методологии формирования эго-сети, - дана трактовка понятий «цифровая экономика», «цифровая трансформация».Выявлены факторы и показатели, непосредственно влияющие на степень готовности предприятий к цифровой трансформации: 1) Состояние информационно-коммуникационной инфраструктуры: доля организаций, использующих доступ к сети Интернет; удельный вес домохозяйств, имеющих доступ к сети Интернет; удельный вес пользователей Интернет, осуществляющих заказ товаров и услуг через сеть Интернет; доля работников, занятых на дистанционной работе. 2) Человеческий капитал: доля работников информационной сферы в общей численности занятых; доля занятого населения с высшим образованием; уровень компьютерной грамотности населения; доля студентов в численности населения. 3) Предпринимательская активность: число малых (включая микро) предприятий; объем оказанных услуг; валовый выпуск малых (включая микро) предприятий сферы услуг. 4) Инновационный потенциал: уровень инновационной активности предприятий по технологическим инновациям. 5) Доступ к глобальным рынкам: объем экспорта услуг. 6) Внутренний спрос: объем внутреннего потребления услуг. In the article, based on the use of modern scientific methods: bibliometric analysis, content analysis of the content of publications from Scopus and Web of Science databases, methodology for the formation of an ego network, an interpretation of the concepts of "digital economy", "digital transformation" is given. The factors and indicators that directly affect the degree of readiness of enterprises for digital transformation were identified: 1) The state of the information and communication infrastructure: the proportion of organizations using access to the Internet; the proportion of households with access to the Internet; the proportion of Internet users who order goods and services via the Internet; the proportion of workers employed in telecommuting. 2) Human capital: the share of information workers in the total number of employees; share of the employed population with higher education; the level of computer literacy of the population; the proportion of students in the population. 3) Entrepreneurial activity: number of small (including micro) enterprises; volume of services provided; gross output of small (including micro) service enterprises. 4) Innovation potential: the level of innovative activity of enterprises in technological innovation; the total cost of information and communication technology; the volume of manufactured innovative products. 5) Access to global markets: the volume of exports of services. 6) Domestic demand: the volume of domestic consumption of services.This work was sup[1]ported by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan [grant number AP08856113].


Author(s):  
Ferenc Miszlivetz ◽  
Eszter Márkus

A KRAFT-index: Kreatív városok – fenntartható vidék egy komplex mutatórendszer, amely a fejlődési tendenciát, hálózatosodást, a fontosabb szereplők együttműködési készségét és kapacitását, kreativitási potenciálját, valamint a szereplők szinergiáiból fakadó belső energiákat és lehetőségeiket jelzi. A város- és vidékfejlesztés sikerének zálogaként előtérbe állítja és méri az ún. „puha” tényezőket, úgymint a kreativitást, innovációs képességet, új tudás létrehozását, tudástranszfert, együttműködési készséget, bizalmat, kollektív kompetenciákat. A társadalmi, gazdasági és tudományos kapcsolatok és hálózatok sűrűsége, minősége és dinamizmusa a sikeres fejlődés és fejlesztés kulcsai: ezek ma már fontosabb tényezők, mint a fizikai távolság, az adminisztratív jogi határok vagy az ún. „kemény” indikátorok. Az index értékeli egy térség lehetőségeit arra, hogy az ott élők, dolgozók, alkotók és letelepedni kívánók életminőségét, a vállalatok minőségi munkaerő iránti igényét és a fenntarthatósági szempontokat egyaránt figyelembe véve fejlessze gazdaságát és versenyképességét. Három tulajdonságcsoportot mér: 1. kreativitiási és innovációs potenciál, az új tudás létrehozásának képessége, 2. társadalmi és kapcsolati tőke, hálózati potenciál és „összekapcsoltság”, valamint 3. fenntarthatósági potenciál. _____ The KRAFT Index: Creative Cities – Sustainable Regions is a complex indicator system to measure development tendencies, ‘networkedness’, cooperation inclination and capacity, creativity potential and possibilities arising from the synergies among actors. It highlights and gauges ‘soft’ factors, such as creativity, innovation capacity, knowledge production, knowledge transfer, willingness for cooperation, trust, and collective competences and perceives effective regional cooperation among economic and social actors as the measure of successful urban and rural development. The density, quality and dynamism of social, economic and academic networks are more important factors than physical distance, administrative legal barriers or ‘hard’ indicators. The index evaluates the potential of a region to develop its economy and competitiveness by considering the quality of life of its inhabitants, workers, producers and immigrants, the quality workforce requirements of companies and sustainability. It measures three groups of qualities: 1. creativity and innovation potential, the ability of knowledge production; 2. social and connection capital, network potential and connectedness; and 3. sustainability potential.


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