ambidexterity

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• I believe Michael Tushman refers to being able to run mature and new businesses simultaneously as ambidexterity.

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• Organizational ambidexterity, or the ability to succeed both in core business and future planning and innovation, is an important concept for businesses trying to survive in the modern market.

  Academic text (2016)

• Thus, the influence of organizational context on performance only occurs through the creation of ambidexterity.

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• Another large-scale study on the impact of employing various models designed to promote ambidexterity shows that new product development is significantly affected by this structure.

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• In other words, a supportive organizational context enables individual employees' ambidexterity, which leads to high performance.

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• Working toward a culture of organizational ambidexterity requires constant monitoring, re-evaluation, planning, innovating, and changing directions when needed.

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• When structuring a business for ambidexterity, corporate leaders must consider which employees, departments, functional areas, or business units will be responsible for core business processes, and which will be responsible for exploratory or innovative business processes.

  Academic text (2016)

• Since the concept of organizational ambidexterity has been popularized both in theory and practice, researchers and practitioners alike have looked to develop a formalized structure or framework that supports the two essential elements required to be ambidextrous: a focus on core business and a focus on innovation.

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• In their large-scale study of employees at multinational companies, Birkinshaw and Gibson (2004) found a strong, positive correlation between business performance and organizational ambidexterity.

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• These topics are explored, and an updated model for an ambidextrous structure is recommended for organizations that wish to increase their ambidexterity by overcoming the challenges and capitalizing on the strengths found in a diverse, multi-generational workforce.

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Synonyms

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ambisextrous nature

vsambidexterity

• Neologism

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A quality that lets someone adapt well to different roles and situations

focuses on pursuing new opportunities while improving existing operations at the same time

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Etymology