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THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE OF DIGITAL BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
Employees suffer from increased work complexity when companies follow transformation pathways that prioritize customer-oriented capabilities over operational capabilities, as described in this audio edition of the January 2020 research briefing.
Abstract
MIT CISR research has shown that senior leaders expect that digital transformation efforts will significantly affect 67 percent of employees. After all, it’s employees who have to adopt new systems, data, processes, and habits to deliver on the transformation. This briefing outlines just how employees are affected, by describing the employee experience along four distinct transformation pathways. We found that employees suffer from increased work complexity when companies follow pathways that prioritize developing customer-oriented capabilities over operational capabilities. Companies can improve their employee experience by first developing a foundation of required operational capabilities, or by doing so in small iterations by alternating with corresponding customer-oriented capabilities.
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About the Authors
Nick van der Meulen, Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
Kristine Dery, Research Scientist, MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
MIT CENTER FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH (CISR)
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