Digital transformation

Digital transformation

Digital transformation refers to the changes associated with the application of digital technology in all aspects of human society.[1] Digital transformation may be thought as the third stage of embracing digital technologies: digital competence -> digital literacy -> digital transformation. The latter stage means that digital usages inherently enable new types of innovation and creativity in a particular domain, rather than simpy enhance and support the traditional methods.[2]

In a narrower sense, "digital transformation" may refer to the concept of "going paperless".

Digital transformation affects both individual businesses[3] and whole segments of the society, such as government[4], mass communications,[5] art,[6] or medicine.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Erik Stolterman, Anna Croon Fors, "Information TEchnology and the Good Life", in: "Information systems research: relevant theory and informed practice", 2004, ISBN 1402080948, p. 689
  2. ^ Digital literacies: concepts, policies and practices By Colin Lankshear, Michele Knobel, 2008, p. 173
  3. ^ Digital transformation: the essentials of e-business leadership, by Keyur Patel, Mary Pat McCarthy, 2000, ISBN 0071364080
  4. ^ E-government in Canada: transformation for the digital age By Jeffrey Roy, 2006, ISBN 0776606174
  5. ^ Mass Communication And Its Digital Transformation, by Ramanujam, 2009, ISBN 8131300390
  6. ^ Art & Computers: an exploratory investigation on the digital transformation of art. PH.D. thesis, published in Cyber Flux News, July 1997, and in the Encyclopedia of Postmodernism, Victor E. Taylor, Charles E. Winquist, London and New York, Routledge, 2001.
  7. ^ Digital medicine: implications for healthcare leaders, by Jeff Charles Goldsmith, 2003, ISBN 1567932118