Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Ashmel, Tlemsani Issam, Duncan Matthews Robin
Westford University College, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
The Centre for International Business, London, England.
Educ Inf Technol (Dordr). 2022;27(7):8961-8996. doi: 10.1007/s10639-022-10968-y. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
Universities focus on digital transformation strategy to stay competitive in global education, staying competitive is taking on quite a different meaning in the 21st century - it includes the long-term implications of Covid-19 - the interaction of politics and economics, the emergence of China as a superpower, the end of neoliberalism, the emergence of distributed autonomous organisations particularly in the area of research and education. The impact of sustainable digital transformation in universities could be perceived as system and systematic. When the intangible but impactful influence is identified/recognized as a system, an applicable conceptual model could become designable and implementable. Conceptual models of digital transformation are vital to universities and business schools to gain sustainability amid rapid technological changes. However, there is paucity of practical, implementable and simple digital transformational models combining technologies, system and educational phenomena. This theoretical gap is sizeable, impactful and non-ignorable. To fulfil this gap, this paper critically examines the need and the association between sustainable digital transformation and its impact in the universities, using an innovative qualitative grounded theory approach which uses three distinct coding procedures namely open, axial and selective followed by transcribing qualitative data. The researchers have proposed a conceptual model for sustainable digital transformation, new propositions by critically reviewing the latest but multiple cases on (a) sustainability (b) digital transformation (c) green technologies and (d) implementable approaches in the education industry/universities. How fast universities could develop dependable business models to cater for the rapid changes amid globalization of education has become an important issue. If the universities can explore a scientific approach to the design-developing conceptual model, then it becomes straightforward for the academic leaders to implement digital transformation process effectively without resource burnouts. The adoption sustainability in digital transformation/information technology is remaining an underdeveloped area. There is a need to develop an innovative architectural design (blueprint) to stimulate sustainable practice, reporting mechanism and its leadership implication. Once universities recognize the digital transformational capabilities, then they could transform into operational effectiveness, which is vital to their business sustainability. This research study points to the effectiveness of using a sustainable blueprint while designing, developing and implementing digital transformation projects in universities. Also, this paper developed numerous value propositions for green implementation of digital transformation as new research studies/potential studies.
大学专注于数字转型战略，以在全球教育中保持竞争力，在21世纪，保持竞争力正具有截然不同的意义——这包括新冠疫情的长期影响、政治与经济的相互作用、中国崛起成为超级大国、新自由主义的终结、分布式自治组织的出现，尤其是在研究和教育领域。大学中可持续数字转型的影响可被视为系统性的。当这种无形但有影响力的影响被识别为一个系统时，一个适用的概念模型就可以被设计和实施。数字转型的概念模型对于大学和商学院在快速的技术变革中实现可持续发展至关重要。然而，缺乏将技术、系统和教育现象结合起来的实用、可实施且简单的数字转型模型。这一理论差距相当大、影响深远且不容忽视。为了填补这一差距，本文采用创新的定性扎根理论方法，批判性地审视了可持续数字转型及其在大学中的影响之间的需求和关联，该方法使用了三种不同的编码程序，即开放式、轴心式和选择性编码，随后对定性数据进行转录。研究人员通过批判性地回顾关于（a）可持续性、（b）数字转型、（c）绿色技术和（d）教育行业/大学中可实施方法的最新但多个案例，提出了一个可持续数字转型的概念模型和新的命题。大学能够多快地开发出可靠的商业模式以应对教育全球化过程中的快速变化已成为一个重要问题。如果大学能够探索一种科学的方法来设计和开发概念模型，那么学术领导者有效地实施数字转型过程而不造成资源耗尽就会变得很简单。在数字转型/信息技术中采用可持续性仍然是一个不发达的领域。需要开发一种创新的架构设计（蓝图）来促进可持续实践、报告机制及其领导力影响。一旦大学认识到数字转型能力，那么它们就可以转化为运营效率，这对其业务可持续性至关重要。这项研究表明在大学设计、开发和实施数字转型项目时使用可持续蓝图的有效性。此外，本文还提出了许多关于数字转型绿色实施的价值主张，作为新的研究/潜在研究。
