Master of Science in Digital Transformation (MSDT)

Program Description

Organizations need leaders to transform, innovate, and shape the digital future. So many businesses have not yet integrated technology within their DNA or use it to increase the organization’s competitive advantage. Leading digital transformation requires a tech savvy mindset, the ability to manage change and VUCA* to innovate. The Master of Science in Digital Transformation will equip learners to become leaders in transforming an organization to harness technology for innovation and sustainability in a rapidly evolving digital economy.

*VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. It describes the situation of constant, unpredictable change that is now the norm in certain industries and areas of the business world.

Nexford University selected the Master of Science in Digital Transformation (MSDT) degree for two primary reasons:

1. The digital transformation market is experiencing significant growth.

2. The increasing adoption of Artificial Intelligence tools and technology is shaping industry trends.

Program Outcomes

1. Develop leadership communication channels necessary to facilitate collaboration required to accomplish goals.

2. Apply critical thinking skills through the exploration of leveraging technology for innovation.

3. Analyze digital business trends that affect and global business.

4. Create a strategy for scalability using horizontal-enabling technology.

5. Propose plans that use technology for the management of people, tools, and business process to drive digital transformation.

6. Develop innovative tech-centric solutions to business problems through a systems analysis approach to stay ahead of emerging trends.

7. Distinguish modern social, legal, and ethical issues arising from the use of emerging technologies.

8. Assess personal and professional resources and learning opportunities for staying current in industry best practices.

ECM 6800 Digital Transformation Capstone outcomes

1. Asses digital transformation required capabilities in multiple verticals such as healthcare, retail, education, transportation, telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services and government.

2. Evaluate digital transformation on the basis of communication frameworks mitigating risks, digitally literature human capital and the impact of adoption, and the overall impact of the digital transformation on the business.

3. Measure the value proposition including cost reduction and revenue uptake resulting from digital transformation across various verticals.

4. Examine the utilization of intelligent process automation to drive process automation in the digital world.

5. Develop a strategy to structure horizontal enabling technology foundations with emerging digital topics such as cybersecurity, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, IoT, and Blockchain while analyzing the ethical considerations of using these technologies.

6. Develop a roadmap for digital transformation across various verticals including assessing the roadmap in the adoption of digital transformation and ensuring that the roadmap is relevant to industry best practices through reliable sources to support roadmap development.

Program Structure