Putting the Individual in Ambidexterity – Identifying Activities to Achieve Organisational Ambidexterity and LongTerm Survival

Ambidexterity

a faculty as the right, and in many callings the power of equal use is very convenient. An ophthalmic surgeon for example who can use either hand indifferently for delicate eye operations can do his work more quickly and neatly than the man who can only trust his right hand. In piano and organ playing and in performing on most musical instruments ambidexterity is indispensable. Indeed in violin...

Innovation through Ambidexterity: How to Achieve the Ambidextrous Organization

It has long been recognized in the literature that the pursuit of radical or disruptive innovation by established firms poses an organizational challenge for the firm. This is because the skills, structures, processes and mindsets required for exploiting the existing business are fundamentally different and often conflict with those required for radical innovation (i.e. exploration). This has l...

A Network Perspective on Individual-Level Ambidexterity in Organizations

Addressing the call for a deeper understanding of ambidexterity at the individual level, we propose that managers’ networks are an important yet understudied factor in the ability to balance the trade-off between exploring for new business and exploiting existing business. Analyses of 1449 ties in the internal and external networks of 79 senior managers in a management consulting firm revealed ...

The Ambidexterity of Managers' Networks

Addressing the call for a deeper understanding of ambidexterity at the individual level, we propose that managers? networks are an important yet understudied factor in the ability to balance the trade-off between exploring for new business and exploiting existing business. Analyses of 1449 ties in the networks of 79 senior partners in a management consulting firm revealed significant difference...

Contextual Determinants of Organizational Ambidexterity