Overview
- Guides the reader through the management of digital transformation within a company
- Describes how chief information officers (CIOs) can drive the digital transformation
- Explores the contributions of new actors and factors in the digital transformation
- Discusses the concept of digital humanism
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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The digital economy is disrupting the way of interaction within value chains, creating fresh spaces for competition and novel ecosystems. With the advent of social media networking, mobility, big data and cloud computing, 4.0 manufacturing, etc., we are witnessing the birth of new digital organizations. However, sharing of leadership of this change among different actors can create disorder and inefficiency. Against this background, the future role of the CIO will be crucial.
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About the editors
Daniele Rizzo is European CIO, Chief Information & Business Process Officer, and Head of the IT Shared Service Unit at Autogrill spa, the world’s biggest provider of food & beverage and retail services for travellers. Over the past 15 years, he has led the development of the IT portfolio at the company, and the transformation of its department in Europe. He started his career as a consultant for a global system integration firm and then became project and IT manager at a midsized grocery retailer. He is a member of Ca’ Foscari University’s DEL Strategic Committee and in 2015 served as president of the Finaki Italia CIO Community.
Giovanni Vaia is Professor of Global Sourcing with tenure at the Department of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. He graduated in business economics with honors and gained his doctorate in Organization and Technology. He is now completing a second PhD in Information Science at Turku School of Economics. Giovanni Vaia’s interests and publications include organization design with a specific focus on information systems, network governance, governance of information systems, and IT outsourcing. At Ca’ Foscari he has developed and now manages a panel of CIOs from multinational companies, focusing on the specialized areas of governance, business process management, and outsourcing. He is also Scientific Director of the Digital Enterprise LAB (DEL), a research unit center where people and organizations can explore the digital future and get to know new technologies. At DEL, organizations can debate new technological trends, future technologies, and their potential value for business and everyday life. Since 2014, he has also been an expert at European Commission – DG Connect.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: CIOs and the Digital Transformation
Book Subtitle: A New Leadership Role
Editors: Giorgio Bongiorno, Daniele Rizzo, Giovanni Vaia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31026-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31025-1Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80945-8Published: 12 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31026-8Published: 31 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 230
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations
Topics: IT in Business, The Computing Profession, Innovation/Technology Management, Management of Computing and Information Systems, Business Strategy/Leadership