Management decisions at industrial enterprises of the Omsk region: digital context

Abstract

The article is devoted to the description of the results of the study of the state of adoption and implementation of decisions on digitalization at industrial enterprises of the Omsk region. Each organization independently decides on the introduction of digital technologies, which is due to the influence of many factors, but studying the state of the use of digital technologies at the regional level will reveal regional features and assess regional trends in decision-making on digitalization. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic approach, which made it possible to identify the elements of the decision-making system on digitalization, as well as the relationship between them. The source of information was the opinions of experts, which were 92 top managers and IT specialists of industrial enterprises operating in the Omsk region. A questionnaire survey was used to collect information. As a result of the study, the main subjects of decision-making on digitalization, the main directions of digitalization of industrial enterprises, and barriers to digitalization were identified. It is concluded that, although industrial enterprises are involved in digitalization, its speed is rather slow due to the presence of significant barriers, one of which is the underdevelopment of digital competencies of personnel.