Digital Leadership and Digital Transformation Challenges for Higher Education Institution Management
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This academic article aimed to analyze knowledge regarding digital leadership and digital transformation challenges for higher education institution management. The literature review findings revealed that digital leadership was the ability to strategically utilize digital technology and resources to guide organizations through digital transformation, create innovation-conducive culture, and respond to stakeholder needs. The components of digital leadership included digital vision, digital knowledge and skills, agility and adaptability, communication and collaboration skills, digital culture creation, change management, strategic thinking, and uncertainty management capabilities. Digital transformation in higher education institutions comprised strategy and governance, curriculum and measurement and evaluation methods, support and self-development, and infrastructure and resources. The key challenges for digital leaders in higher education institutions consisted of organizational and cultural factors, digital skills and personnel development, resources and investment, infrastructure and technical aspects, data integration, innovation pressure, and organizational adaptation.
The approaches for developing digital leadership should have focused on leadership competency development, digital vision and strategy creation, digital culture building, digital skills development, and digital learning ecosystem development.
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