Building a digital workplace in the era of industry 4.0 and the digital economy

Abstract

In the era of technological disruption or better known as the industrial era 4.0, the transformation of corporate change has become a permanent feature of organizational management. Rapid technological developments trigger technological disruptions plus the COVID 19 pandemic has doubled the disruption effect, making companies rely more on data and information processing systems for their business interests. Using IT to challenge companies to become more sophisticated is "best practice" for organizational change management. Companies are required to be more sensitive to corporate culture and become better after the transformation of change. one of the concerns of the company in the transformation of change is the digital workplace, where the digital workplace is more than a physical workplace, but also includes a work environment and work situation that is very flexible and utilizes technological innovation to create good work productivity. The digital workplace creates a “smart” work environment that provides more flexibility and autonomy so that employees can manage their tasks and collaborate using technological resources regardless of time and place restrictions. This article will discuss in detail how to build a Digital Workplace in the Industrial Age 4.0 and the Digital Economy. Coherently this paper will discuss the main things in building a digital workplace, including: (1). Challenges in introducing digital work, (2). Digital workplace transformation with two sides of the New Ways of Working (NWW). (3). Digital workplace transformation with a reduced – deinstitutionalized logic approach. (4). The dark side of the digital workplace and the hope of reducing the side effects of the digital workplace (5). The digital workplace and company performance