Date of Conferral
2022
Degree
Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.)
School
Management
Advisor
Alexandre Lazo
Abstract
AbstractThe immature advanced digitalization in the oil and gas industry can limit access to the potential value of mature progressive digitalization. Oil and gas leaders must expedite the implementation of advanced digitalization to increase organizational proficiencies and reduce costs and losses. Grounded in Pettigrew and Whipp’s dimensions of strategic change theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies some leaders in the oil and gas industry used to implement advanced digitalization. The participants were seven leaders in two oil service companies in North America involved in the successful implementation of progressive digitalization. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and public documents from participating companies and analyzed using Groenewald’s thematic analysis. Six themes emerged: advanced digitalization strategies, environmental assessment, resources, linking strategic and operational changes, leading change, and overall coherence. A key recommendation for oil and gas leaders is to adopt a dynamic strategy accounting for all involved stakeholders and aligned with the fast-changing environment in advanced digitalization. The implications for positive social change include the potential increase of advanced digitalization use in the oil and gas industry, possibly resulting in more job opportunities, reducing job stress, and improving the local economy and level of prosperity.
Recommended Citation
Rezafar, Ensieh, "The Implementation of Advanced Digitalization in the Oil and Gas Industry" (2022). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 13712.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/13712
