Impacts of Professional Education Measures on the Digital Transformation in Organisations

Digitalisation in all sectors and industries has shortened innovation cycles and puts companies under pressure to retain their competitive abilities. The need to acquire new knowledge and capabilities has led to a rising demand for cooperation of industry with universities and technology innovation centres. These organisations now need to provide suitable measures for knowledge and technology transfer and ultimately account for effectivity and impact of their measures. Based on research on knowledge transfer as well as information technology, we suggest a model for evaluating impact of professional education measures that looks at individual and organisational impacts separately. This paper helps to better understand how teaching interventions can contribute to the capability of business organisations to implement digital technologies.