Hi there,
through my research, I am more and more coming to the conclusion that the contexts of corporate change turn out to be essential. For example, a transformation in agriculture is regulated quite differently than in the aerospace industry. In a recent presentation by Daimler's CEO, this aspect was emphasized in particular (ecosystems, increasing networking, etc.).
Beyond the ambiguous definitions of change, there are, as you surely know, various approaches to characterizing corporate change. One comprehensive approach is presented by Albach et al. 2014 (https://t1p.de/rk70), see appendix.
There are also characterizations for economic activities, the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, both as a broad and very detailed industry specification: https://t1p.de/7cth
Do you know if there is already research in this area? Which disciplines are addressing the question of how industry contexts (macro) influence corporate change (micro)?
Certainly, it is not possible to cover all industries, but is there, for example, research in the context of C - Manufacturing? How do the industry-specific characteristics of the manufacturing industry affect corporate change projects? Are there certain change characteristics (features, certain dynamics, etc.) that are always expressed in the same way on a broad or detailed industry classification?
How would you proceed methodically with the investigation? I thought first of all of an investigation of the rough structure, e.g. expert interviews and a subsequent survey? Feel free to "brainstorm" as an answer as well.
Thank you and best Greetings from Aachen, Germany
Alexander Kwiatkowski
ISIC is a three-tier hierarchical classification system designed to analyse standardised information on economic activities. Before using ISIC, standardised information must be collected, recorded and registered. Then it will be possible to classify it according to ISIC, to analyse and evaluate changes over time of productive, economic activity.
In the united collection of electronic resources "Science and Education" we classify information according to the first level, but without detailing the second and third level, as it is not our goal.
The main thing I forgot to mention is the UNIFICATION of business information, in line with ISIC, in order to standardise and classify it and to further statistical processing and analysis.
Si existe la última revisión es versión CIIU REV. 4.0, el nivel más detallado son las clases, criterios como el ingreso, el egreso y la utilización de los productos producidos, se ha hecho más hincapié en el carácter del proceso de producción al definir y delinear las clases de la CIIU. Clasifican los datos según el tipo de actividad económica en los ámbitos de la producción, ocupación del producto interno bruto y otras áreas estadísticas,....
If I am not mistaken, Weill and Ross in “IT Savvy” offer some commentary concerning industry differences; see my review via the link below and look in the sample of the book for some idea of what they provide:
https://www.amazon.com/review/R6MRCOR7GT3OE/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
Also books by Geoffrey More such as “Living on the Fault Line,” “Escape Velocity” offer some different general business/industry types and traits that pertain to different industries as well. As above see my review and look at the book samples for an idea
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2ULLQJ5R13628/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
https://www.amazon.com/review/R3JHFGFF101RJD/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
O’Toole and Lawler’s “The New American Workplace” while US centric also discuss strategy and culture differences as the references above that seem pertinent to particular industries, but not exclusively
https://www.amazon.com/review/R2FFND33Q571P3/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
Look also at Michael Porter’s “Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors” and other related books by him; these texts may be a bit dated, but could be useful.
Hope these help.
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In addition to Weill and Ross in “IT Savvy," see their "Enterprise Architecture As Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution" as well as Ross et al's more recent "Designed for Digital: How to Architect Your Business for Sustained Success" (see my review) https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R33HX594W0I7TL?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp
It is interesting to carry out analyses not only within the national economy, but also within its individual sectors. Such analyses are carried out by me on the basis of statistically processed data from the pooled collection of electronic resources "Science and Education". The transformation of the national economy, 70% of which is public sector, into a digital economy allows us to see the development of individual sectors over time.
Aleksandra Galkina he change may be Reactive or Proactive. Reactive Change means passive compliance to the environment. Most organisational change consists of a reaction to some
It seems to me, or am I wrong?, that digital transformation is ahead of the curve, i.e. it is a completely new path for humanity.
Aleksandra Galkina if you are interested in this topic, I recommend the Paper of Gregory Vial for a comprehensive overviewArticle Understanding digital transformation: A review and a research agenda
Anas Maaroof thats absolutely right. We have observed a lot of companies in our research with a toe in the water approach. However, reactive change to political or generalized regulatory duties seems unavoidable. Nevertheless, in areas within the locus of control a proactive approach f.e. organizational ambidexterity is preferable.
Hello Alexander Kwiatkowski! Thank you for the useful information.
I am currently working on statistics of the digital transformation of the national economy through the prism of electronic resources registered with the Science and Education Joint Electronic Resources Facility:
http://ofernio.ru/portal/modules/news/
We consider an ascending data stream of 1,693 records, developed by 2,379 authors and 194 developer organizations from 125 cities in Russia. The data were classified in accordance with the state rubricator of scientific and technical information in the part INDUSTRY. A very interesting picture of the digital transformation of Russia's economy emerges.
Thanks Alexander Kwiatkowski for your question and your sharing, and also thanks to colleagues who added answers.
First of all, I should apologize for late answer.
I did my study on public organization, as I I have been working there for more than 25 years till now and got doctoral scholarship (DBA) at that time (2004). My purpose is to give insight to my organization where I work in order to adapt with environment while chasing the target in the situation of reform (2005 when I collected data). After my study finished (2007) I got position with the task to build strategic planning based on BSC.
I do agree that environment is very critical if we talk about change. Each organization or more large each industry have their own environment due to the characteristic of their product, their production, their market, their supply, and last but not least their technology. More over, geographical location could give additional shape to corporate/industry character, as "they do things around here" may be different between places.
Unfortunately, currently I don't have enough information about study of change in such industry, but I try find it for you.
I did interviews based on "issue-focused interview" approach, with the basic structure following my question research, while the content following issue raised by respondent. I follow Sackman's method for this (Sackmann, SA 1991, Cultural knowledge in organizations: exploring the collective mind, Sage Publications, California).
I hope that could answer to your questions. Please feel free to raise or deepening.
Warm regards,
PW