Bulletin of
Vitebsk State
Technological
University

Abstract

The emergence and development of the digital economy, which combines key features of the innovation, information, and network economies, has become a global trend. The rapid growth in the quantity and quality of information and communications technologies (ICTs), the implementation of which is an integral part of the strategic development of modern organizations, has served as a prerequisite for the development of the digital economy. Today, there is no doubt that the implementation of information and communications technologies (ICTs) facilitates the efficiency of business processes, improves the quality of services provided, and opens new opportunities for developing competitive advantages in the marketplace. Therefore, determining the level of digital development of organizations and comparing this level with national, regional, and industry standards has become a pressing issue. The multitude of approaches proposed for assessing an organization's digital development makes it difficult to select a specific methodology for the real-world practice of economic entities. Systematization of existing research in this area has allowed us to identify challenges in their practical application, primarily the development of the necessary information support. At the same time, ICT implementation indicators in organizations are subject to state statistical observations and are published biennially in the collection of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus "Information Society in the Republic of Belarus" based on a summary and grouping of indicators from respondents' statistical reporting in Form 6-IKT "Questionnaire on the Use of Digital Technologies in an Organization". Therefore, the objective of this study is to substantiate a methodological approach and develop tools for assessing the level of digital development of an organization based on official statistics on the use of information and communication technologies by economic entities. Tools for assessing the digital development of an organization have been developed: an assessment map and a scale for determining the organization's rating; a visualization of the assessment results has been proposed; and an algorithm for constructing a digital development assessment map in Microsoft Excel has been developed.

Information support and tools for assessing the level of digital development of an organization