Hyper-Personalization as a Customer Relationship Management Tool in a SMART Organization

Abstract

Purpose: The article subject concerns the research problem of the role of hyper-personalization in the evolution of the company’s relationship with customers. The article aims to identify the potential of hyper-personalization as a CRM tool in a smart organization and find research gaps and areas for further research. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a critical literature review within the field of management and marketing theory and represents the relational approach. The literature review was made as an exploratory study. Findings: Based on the results of that theoretical research and utilizing a relational approach, the article presents the Customer Relationship Management during the technology evolution The theoretical findings indicate a research gap: using hyper-personalization and digital technology for achieving the Customer Relationship Management aims is a highly topical issue and still little penetrated by researchers. Research limitations/implications: The findings and conclusions contained in the article require another step in the scientific process, namely empirical verification. Originality/value: A value of this paper is the fact that it shows the contemporary research directions for the Customer Relationship Management concept in the digital and smart world and combines these with the theoretical and practical frameworks as well.

Keywords

• hyper-personalization
• crm
• smart organization