Problems of Digitalization: Using Information Technology in Business, Science and Education

Abstract

The Problem and Purpose of the Work. Changes in Russia and the world persistently push business, science and education to step into the digital space. Digitalization, deployed as a government project, requires support in business, science, education. The aim is to examine in detail the problems associated with the use of digital technologies by representatives of these institutions. Methodology. In the course of the study, the authors studied the problems arising in business, science and education in the implementation of digital technologies, evaluated the required new professional competencies. The methods used in the study made it possible to draw conclusions from the results of the survey of three categories of respondents-scientists, programmers, businessmen, students. Results. The most typical problems associated with digitalization are Identified. A detailed analysis of the results of the survey of students of the State University of management is given. It is shown that the professional competence of modern managers required for digitalization will be expanded in the future, as evidenced by the need for information technologies of students of managerial specialties revealed by the survey. Conclusion. Organizations, regardless of their sphere of activity, need a certain readiness, without which any digital innovation will be premature or unnecessary measure. It is not only the «digital maturity» of an organization that influences the success of its transformation towards the use of new digital technologies. What matters is the ability of employees and the organization as a whole to experiment, as well as a certain enthusiasm that is based on awareness of progress in information technology.