The Digital Transformation of Professions: A Roadmap for Remaining Trusted, Relevant, and Future-Ready

Owing to ongoing and accelerating digital technology advancements, many professions are undergoing unprecedented digital disruption. This book prepares professionals and students by showing them how to digitally transform, and what actions they can take to adapt to the coming change.

Dr. Richard Busulwa (PhD, MBA, B.Info.Sys) is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Business School at Swinburne University of Technology, home to Australia’s first fully immersed Industry 4.0 facility. His digital transformation research explores different digital technology advancements, how they drive disruption, and their implications for particular industries, business functions, and professions. He is the author of Strategy Execution and Complexity: Thriving in the Era of Disruption (Routledge), Start-up Accelerators: A Field Guide (Wiley), Digital Transformation and Hospitality Management (Routledge), and Digital Transformation in Accounting (Routledge). Before entering academia, Richard worked as managing director, COO, CFO, middle manager, and frontline manager. He is co-founder of Digital Keys, the world’s first NBIoT smart lock platform.

Dr. Wahed Waheduzzaman (PhD, MBA, B.Info.Sys) researches and teaches in HRM and Organisation Studies. His major research interests include Human Resource Management, Public Service Management, Local Government, Sustainable Development Goals, Corporate Governance, and Stakeholders Engagement. He has published several books, peer-reviewed articles in various journals and international conferences. He has been a Guest Editor with Adminstrative Sciences and recently published book: ＂MGMT5: Introduction to Management＂, 5th Asia-Pacific Edition (Cengage Publishers).

Dr. Nandana Wasantha Pathiranage (PhD, MBA, CA) researches and teaches accounting and finance at Swinburne University of Technology. Nandana primarily uses quantitative and case study research methods. His research has been published in several grant funded research reports as well as highly ranked international accounting, finance, and management journals. Further he has published a research method case study [2023] with SAGE publishers.