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Strategizing organizational capabilities for industrial digitalization: exploring managers’ technological frames
University West, School of Business, Economics and IT, Divison of Informatics. (KAMAIL iAIL)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7123-3173
2023 (English)In: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, ISSN 1741-038X, E-ISSN 1758-7786, Vol. 34, no 9, p. 20-39Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose – This study draws on technological frames to provide an understanding of organizational processes of strategizing by exploring how strategizing organizational capabilities for industrial digitalization could be understood through managers’ perceptions of digital technology applications. This study complements earlier research focused on industry outcomes by addressing technological frames to understand how strategizing organizational capabilities within industrial digitalization may provide insight into socio-cognitive aspects which may affect technology-induced organizational change.

Design/methodology/approach – The single case study uses 14 in-depth interviews collected over two years (October 2020 to February 2022). The study follows an interpretative research design exploring managers’ perceptions of industrial digitalization through a digitalization project.

Findings – The case study contributes to research by emphasizing socio-cognitive aspects through technological frames exploring how and why managers’ perceptions of industrial digitalization affect strategizing organizational capabilities. The study contributes to practice by bringing attention to the disparate views of industrial digitalization. By illustrating how socio-cognitive aspects shape organizational capabilities, this study offers managers valuable insight into the relationship between an organization’s capabilities, the individual and the shared structures affecting a digitalization project.

Research limitations/implications – The case study is limited to Swedish manufacturing industries and is not aiming to be transferred or generalized to other industrial contexts or countries.

Originality/value – This study recognizes that strategizing organizational capabilities depends on managers’ ability to illuminate the socio-cognitive aspects. Hence, the study contributes to practice by bringing attention to the disparate views among managers on the enhancement efforts made using digital technologies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. Vol. 34, no 9, p. 20-39
Keywords [en]
Industrial digitalization, Strategizing, Organizational capabilities, Socio-cognitive aspects
National Category
Information Systems, Social aspects Educational Sciences
Research subject
Work Integrated Learning; Production Technology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-20404DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-07-2022-0252ISI: 000950532500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85150173603OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-20404DiVA, id: diva2:1780524
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Available from: 2023-07-06 Created: 2023-07-06 Last updated: 2025-02-18Bibliographically approved
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1. Social Aspects of Strategizing Industrial Digitalization
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2023 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This thesis aims to contribute to understanding how contemporary Swedish manufacturing organizations can strategize industrial digitalization with an emerging focus on social aspects. It complements earlier research by highlighting Swedish manufacturing organizations as they stand at the intersection of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0.

The thesis is a longitudinal case study of interviews and focus groups between early 2019 and spring 2023. The case study follows an explorative approach to give texture to industrial digitalization and to understand the social aspects of strategizing industrial digitalization. It is limited to the Swedish context and the characteristics of original equipment manufacturers.

The thesis contributes by texturizing industrial digitalization through three social aspects, which are argued to be a way for manufacturing organizations to give shape to industrial digitalization. The social aspects elaborated on and presented in this thesis are: to look beyond digital technologies, to formalize a shared understanding, and to transcend organizational structures. These social aspects are thematic but also interlinked. Together, these social aspects bring insights into how managers can guide the organizational capabilities to ensure synergy between an organization’s actions and objectives when strategizing industrial digitalization. Strategizing industrial digitalization should, therefore, be texturized by each organization to define and redefine its organizational capabilities. This means each organization's social aspects are unique, making the manufacturing organizations' capabilities unique.

Abstract [sv]

En del av utmaningen i det strategiska arbetet (strategizing) för industriell digitalisering är de influenser det påverkas av. En av de mest framträdande influenser är perspektivet att svenska tillverkningsorganisationer måste nyttja digital teknik för att förbli konkurrenskraftiga. De förväntas dra nytta av införandet eller implementeringen av digital teknik när de till exempel går från manuell till digital produktionsplanering. Det är i antagandet att organisationen kommer dra nytta som en del av problematiken uppstår i det strategiska arbetet.

I denna avhandling studeras hur sociala aspekter i det strategiska arbetet för industriell digitalisering kan förstås och ges textur (texturizing) för svenska tillverkningsorganisationer som befinner sig i skärningspunkten mellan Industri 4.0 och Industri 5.0.

Avhandling är baserad på en longitudinell fallstudie med två svenska tillverkningsorganisationer. De fem bifogade artiklarna, som är resultatet av denna avhandling, består av kvalitativa forskningsmetoder inklusive intervjuer och fokusgrupper. Dessa metoder gjorde det möjligt att utforska potentiella sambanden mellan influenser av industriell digitalisering och organisatoriska förmågor mer djupgående för att förstå hur det strategiska arbetet för industriell digitalisering navigeras och potentiellt kan förstås genom sociala aspekter.

Avhandlingen bidrar till att ge textur åt industriell digitalisering genom tre identifierade sociala aspekter, som argumenteras vara ett sätt för tillverkande organisationer att ge form och karaktär åt industriell digitalisering. De sociala aspekterna som presenteras i denna avhandling är: att se bortom digital teknik, att formalisera en gemensam förståelse och att överskrida organisatoriska strukturer. Dessa sociala aspekter är tematiska men också sammanlänkade. Tillsammans ger de insikter om hur chefer kan guida organisationens förmåga att säkerställa synergi mellan dess handlingar och mål för industriell digitalisering. Varje organisations sociala aspekter diskuteras vara unika, vilket gör tillverkningsorganisationernas förmågor unika. Avhandlingen argumenterar för att strategisk industriell digitalisering således bör ges textur av varje enskild organisation för att definiera och omdefiniera dess unika förmåga att navigera industriell digitalisering.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Trollhättan: University West, 2023. p. 85
Series
PhD Thesis: University West ; 60
Keywords
Industrial digitalization; Social aspects; Dynamic Capabilities; Organizational capabilities; Strategizing; Texturizing; Industrial Work-Integrated Learning, Industriell digitalisering; Sociala aspekter; Dynamic Capabilities; Organisatoriska förmågor; Strategizing; Texturizing; Industriellt Arbetsintegrerat lärande
National Category
Educational Sciences Business Administration Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics Information Systems, Social aspects
Research subject
Work Integrated Learning
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-20931 (URN)9789189325623 (ISBN)9789189325616 (ISBN)
Public defence
2023-12-20, J111, Gustava Melins gata, Trollhättan, 14:00 (English)
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Supervisors
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