Cases on Leadership and Coping Strategies for Digitalized Organizations

Cases on Leadership and Coping Strategies for Digitalized Organizations" is a book that aims at inviting leaders and business students into the latest research on digitalization and leadership theories. The purpose of the book is to provide insight into how leaders can develop coping strategies when facing threats of digital disruption and meet resistance from employees. Based on the authors' experiences and current case studies, the book aims to inspire graduate students at business schools, MBA programs, and leaders to gain further knowledge on the impact of increasing complex digital solutions within organizations.

The book introduces a variety of case stories with a focus on real life digitalization issues and obstacles met by leaders in private and public companies. Current research in the field of digitalization and leadership indicate that the possibilities, threats, and complexities of digitalization technologies are growing. Digitalization is changing the landscape of organizing at a fast pace, leaving leaders bewildered and stressed. They struggle to capture the full potential of digital technologies. The chapters will introduce current research results that will help the reader to go on searching for new ways of engaging with digitalization issues and develop new organizational coping strategies.

The book presents a series of topics: including an extensive review of current research in digitalization and leadership, how to develop prospective digitalization strategies, how discourses of digital disruption affect different levels of the organization, the implementation processes of digitalization tools, and employees' reactions. The main objective is to enable reflection and discussions based on concrete practical examples based on research inquiries.