2021 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 161-168
This report proposes several idea to improve DX, Digital Transformation, and IT, Information Technology, capability in Japan. There is common understanding that Japan is behind from other countries for these fields. However the DX is getting to buzzword , which includes a lot of area and sometimes is misleading. The author evaluates OECD’s analysis and considered that the required level of digital transformation depends on its nature of business domain. Generally speaking Japanese firm is not good at top down management decision for digitalization. This paper focuses on problem of enterprise systems with organizational and educational perspective compared with European and American firms.
Finally this paper propose “top down decision” or “middle up down decision” , and also propose IT educational approach, which includes the trial at graduate school of Komazawa University. This proposal has 4 points, 1) Studying system architecture, 2)Understanding of system dynamics, 3) Understanding of data and database, which includes importance of integrity of information and 4)Adoption of “Recognizing events” in addition to “Resolving questions”.
