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Papachroni, Angeliki (2013) Managing the tensions of innovation and efficiency in the pursuit of organizational ambidexterity. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
Whereas organizational ambidexterity is increasingly gaining ground in
organizational theory, key issues regarding how ambidexterity is conceptualized,
achieved and sustained offer partial insights or remain unexplored. Current
approaches to ambidexterity so far have followed rather static and single level
approaches to ambidexterity, without further exploring the underlying
mechanisms of how ambidexterity is pursued in practice and through which
mechanism and processes tensions are managed. In order to address this gap, this
research adopts a holistic approach to the study of ambidexterity exploring
tensions at different organizational levels. Based on a case study research in two
organizations in pursuit of ambidexterity this research brings forward a view of
ambidexterity that is complex and dynamic, as it involves the co-existence of
different tensions and modes of balancing within different organizational groups.
Research findings contribute to the study of ambidexterity at two main levels:
tension manifestation (which tensions arise at each organizational group) and
tension management (the mode of balance pursued in each case). Following a
micro-level approach to the research of ambidexterity, findings bring forward the
role of organizational actors in the management of tensions: based on how
individuals perceived tensions (as complementary, conflicting, or interrelated),
their organizational level and their strategic orientation different modes of
balancing were pursued. As a result this research contributes to the theory of
ambidexterity by identifying a path dependent process of managing tensions based
on how individuals perceive the nature of the tensions. As literature on
ambidexterity is shifting towards the importance of agency, gaining this
understanding is a crucial step towards how ambidexterity is achieved.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Strategic planning, Organizational change -- Management, Business planning | ||||
Official Date: | June 2013 | ||||
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Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Theses Department: | Warwick Business School | ||||
Thesis Type: | PhD | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Heracleous, Loizos Th.; Paroutis, Sotirios | ||||
Sponsors: | Warwick Business School | ||||
Extent: | 294 leaves : charts | ||||
Language: | eng |
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