Code
MGYF MIS 5921
Level
M2
Field
Systèmes d’information
Language
Français/French,Anglais/English
ECTS Credits
3
Class hours
28
Total student load
60
Program Manager(s)
Department
- Management, Marketing et Stratégie
Educational team
Introduction to the module
This course explores the strategic, organizational, and technological foundations of corporate digital transformation. Students will learn how to analyze digital disruption, lead strategic and organizational change, rethink business processes through data, and integrate emerging technologies such as agentic AI to create a sustainable competitive advantage in a changing environment. This course primarily contributes to SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) by training leaders capable of modernizing economic structures through responsible innovation.
Learning goals
- 4. Conduire des projets de transformation sociétale, numérique, énergétique et/ou environnementale des organisations
Learning objectives
- 4.2 - Lead a complex project with responsibility, with the aim of supporting the transformation of organisations (design, management, team coordination, implementation and management, control, dissemination), by mobilising multidisciplinary skills and bri
Course Learning objectives
À l'issue de ce cours, les étudiants seront capables de :
Identifier et comprendre les moteurs et les obstacles de la transformation numérique des organisations.
Appliquer les grands d'analyse stratégique pour auditer la maturité numérique d'une organisation.
Concevoir des feuilles de route stratégiques intégrant la gestion du changement, la culture d'innovation, la gouvernance des données...
Évaluer l'impact des technologies de pointe (IA, automatisation avancée) sur les processus métiers et les modèles d'affaires traditionnels.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
Identify and understand the drivers and barriers of organizational digital transformation.
Apply major strategic analysis frameworks to audit an organization's digital maturity.
Design strategic roadmaps incorporating change management, innovation culture, data governance, etc.
Assess the impact of advanced technologies (AI, advanced automation) on business processes and traditional business models.
Content : structure and schedule
Day 1: Foundations and Assessment of Digital Transformation
Morning: Key Concepts & Examples
Definition and scope of digital transformation: from surface-level digitization to deep strategic overhaul.
Drivers of change (evolving customer expectations, competitive pressures, technological disruptions).
Inspiring case studies: Traditional companies facing the transformation challenge (successes and failures).
Afternoon: Exercises and Work
Individual workshop: Conducting a digital maturity audit on a company of your choice.
Group work in breakout sessions: Mapping organizational silos and identifying friction points to change.
Day 2: New Business Models and Organizational Agility
Morning: Key Concepts & Examples
Rethinking the value proposition and revenue streams in the digital era, focusing on service-oriented models ("servitization") and digital innovation.
Organizational agility: structure, corporate culture, and innovation management (agile methods applied to strategy).
Resistance to change and change management.
Afternoon: Exercises and Work
Practical exercise: Restructuring a traditional business model into a digital model.
Group workshop: Developing a communication and change management plan for a company in transition.
Day 3: Data-Driven Management, AI, and Group Case Studies
Morning: Key Concepts & Examples
Data as a strategic asset: governance, quality, and a "data-driven" culture.
Review of the impact of artificial intelligence (particularly agentic AI) and automation on productivity and strategic decision-making.
Afternoon: Group Case Studies
Collaborative case resolution: In-depth team analysis of a major industrial or service company facing a digital and technological transformation challenge.
Interim presentations and peer feedback.
Day 4: Sustainable Strategies and Final Assessment
Morning: Key Concepts & Examples
Ensuring the sustainability and resilience of the transformation in the face of future technological disruptions.
Responsible digital practices and AI ethics in corporate strategy.
Synthesis of key skills for leading long-term digital transformation.
Afternoon: Individual Case Study
Individual assessment: Written individual case study consisting of auditing a company's transformation strategy and formulating strategic recommendations in the form of an executive summary.
Sustainable Development Goals
1. Contributions Directes (Cœurs de compétences numériques)
Le cours, en formant les étudiants à orchestrer des écosystèmes et à construire des plateformes durables, répond directement aux enjeux d'innovation et d'infrastructure.
ODD 9 : Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
9.5 : Le cours renforce les capacités technologiques des futurs managers en les formant à l'utilisation stratégique de l'IA et des plateformes pour moderniser les organisations.
ODD 8 : Travail décent et croissance économique
8.2 : L'audit de maturité numérique et la conception de feuilles de route visent à élever la productivité économique par la modernisation technologique et l'innovation de rupture.
Number of SDG's addressed among the 17
2
Learning delivery
Mixte
Pedagogical methods
Seminaires / Lectures
Etudes de Cas / Case Studies
Eléments d'étude en ligne / Online Learning Component
Débats / Debates
Evaluation and grading system and catch up exams
Continuous assessment: 40% group case studies
Final exam (CF): 60% individual evaluation (Theory questions / Mini case study)
The final grade may be adjusted based on individual participation (lateness, unexcused absences, etc.).
Resit (CF2): Theory questions / Mini case study. The grade is capped at 10/20.
In the event of failure to pass the resit (CF2), an extension of studies may be granted by the academic board.
Module Policies
Professor-Student Communication:
The professor will contact the students through their school email address (IMT-BS/TSP) and the Moodle portal. No communication via personal email addresses will take place. It is the student responsibility to regularly check their IMT-BS/TSP mailbox.
Students can communicate with the professor by emailing him/her to his institutional address. If necessary, it is possible to meet the professor in his office during office-hours or by appointment.
Students with accommodation needs:
If a student has a disability that will prevent from completing the described work or require any kind of accommodation, he may inform the program director (with supporting documents) as soon as possible. Also, students are encouraged to discuss it with the professor.
Class behavior:
Out of courtesy for the professor and classmates, all mobile phones, electronic games or other devices that generate sound should be turned off during class.
Students should avoid disruptive and disrespectful behavior such as: arriving late, leaving early, careless behavior (e.g. sleeping, reading a non-course material, using vulgar language, over-speaking, eating, drinking, etc.). A warning may be given on the first infraction of these rules. Repeated violators will be penalized and may face expulsion from the class and/or other disciplinary proceedings.
The tolerated delay is 5 minutes. Attendance will be declared on Moodle during these 5 minutes via a QR code provided by the teacher at each course start.
Student should arrive on time for exams and other assessments. No one will be allowed to enter the classroom once the first person has finished the exam and left the room. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. No student can continue to take an exam once the time is up. No student may leave the room during an examination unless he / she has finished and handed over all the documents.
● In the case of remote learning, the student must keep his camera on unless instructed otherwise by the professor.
Honor code: IMT-BS is committed to a policy of honesty in the academic community. Conduct that compromises this policy may result in academic and / or disciplinary sanctions. Students must refrain from cheating, lying, plagiarizing and stealing. This includes completing your own original work and giving credit to any other person whose ideas and printed materials (including those from the Internet) are paraphrased or quoted directly. Any student who violates or helps another student violate academic behavior standards will be penalized according to IMT-BS rules.
Textbook Required and Suggested Readings
Olson et al. (2001). Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology. Psychology Press.
Miles & Snow. (2003) Organizational Strategy, Structure, and Process. Stanford University Press.
Malone et al. (2003). Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century. The MIT Press.
Tapscott. (2008). Grown Up Digital. How the Net Generation is Changing Your World. MacGraw-Hill.
Westerman et al. (2014). Leading digital: Turning technology into business transformation. Harvard Business Press.
Galbraith (2014). Designing Organizations: Strategy, Structure, and Process at the Business Unit and Enterprise Levels. Third Edition, Jossey-Bass.
Tapscott (2014). The Digital Economy ANNIVERSARY EDITION: Rethinking Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked Intelligence. 2nd Edition. MacGraw-Hill.
Venkat. (2017). The digital matrix: new rules for business transformation through technology. Greystone Books.
Keywords
Transformation Numérique; Technologies Digitales; Stratégie Numérique; Digital transformation; Capacité Digitale / Digital technologies, Digital strategy, Digital Capability