Ambidexterity as Historically Embedded Process: Evidence From NASA, 1958 to 2016

Heracleous, Loizos; Yniguez, Carlos; Gonzalez, Steven

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“…Recent years have seen an influx of new findings associated with how this is possible through IT Governance redesign (Chi et al, 2017;Gregory et al, 2018Gregory et al, , 2015Mithas & Rust, 2016). Yet, critique still prevails that ambidexterity is studied in an overly acontextual, configuration-driven approach (Heracleous et al, 2019;Raisch & Birkinshaw, 2008;Simsek et al, 2009). Core to more recent contributions within the field of organisational ambidexterity (Heracleous et al, 2019;Luger et al, 2018;Zimmermann et al, 2018) is the disbanding of a static perspective to ambidexterity (i.e., balance) towards a process-oriented perspective (i.e., balancing), studied through a focus on enactment.…”

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Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

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Koutsikouri

Päivärinta

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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The current push towards increased innovation within the public sector calls for new approaches to IT Governance. However, recent findings highlight the aim to avoid trade-offs between innovation and efficiency through organisational ambidexterity. This paper reports a case study of ambidextrous IT Governance in two large government agencies. According to the findings, ambidextrous IT Governance is enacted through two separate but interrelated mechanisms that emerge simultaneously. In terms of exploitation, the "efficiency creep" mechanism creates a bias for efficiencyrather than innovation-oriented investments. In terms of exploration, the "shadow innovation" mechanism involves unsanctioned innovation activities. These two mechanisms interplay, in the enactment of ambidextrous IT Governance. The contribution of this study lies in theorising about how ambidextrous IT Governance is enacted in public sector organisations, and how efficiency creep and shadow innovation influence each other. This contribution aids future research and practice on public sector innovation and IT Governance.

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Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

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Koutsikouri

Päivärinta

2020

European Journal of Information Systems

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“…The study was cited in corporations such as SoftBank of Japan, a company that has achieved business innovation worldwide and has acquired knowledge about organizational adaptability that drives strategic innovation [54]. The study was also noted in work presented by a study done by NASA that reveals organizational dexterity as a process contingent on the route taken, instead of something attainable through generic applications of models of structural, temporal or ambidexterity models contextual [55].…”

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Validity of Dynamic Capabilities in the Operation Based on New Sustainability Narratives on Nature Tourism SMEs and Clusters

2020

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This study aims to validate the relationships between the dynamic capabilities in the operation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that constitute the Nature Tourism Cluster (also known as “ecotourism”) in Colombia, through the application of surveys to managers and owners of hotels and lodgings of rural tourism, travel agencies, tour guides and operators, bars, restaurants and tourist transport centers, whose data obtained, support our hypothesis that the dynamic capacities of absorption, adaptation and innovation influence the functioning of SMEs, while at the cluster level, there is an positive relationship in the interaction of absorption and innovation capabilities. The greatest contribution of our research consists in the development of an empirical study that is based on the main contributions of the dynamic capabilities promoted by Teece (absorption, adaptation and innovation), and that allowed to determine the degree of influence that managers have to take decisions and undertake sustainable ecotourism actions, both at the SME level and at the cluster level. For this reason, our research provides a better understanding of how dynamic capabilities operate at the individual commercial level, as well as at the cluster level, in the combination of absorption, adaptation and innovation capabilities to foster new sustainability narratives and maintain sustainable ecotourism. Our results also point out the limitations and challenges for the sustainable tourism sector in Colombia.

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“…Heracleous has also conducted in-depth case research at the Johnson Space Center at NASA on organization change, culture, and ambidexterity (Heracleous et al, 2019c;Heracleous & Gonzalez, 2014;Terrier et al, 2017). This research investigates how an established paradigm of a venerable organization in the public sector can change in response to environmental pressures in a way that does not disrupt its current programs and balances a variety of stakeholder objectives.…”

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Heracleous, Loizos: Uncovering the Underlying Processes of Change

Papachroni¹

2020

The Palgrave Handbook of Organizational Change Thinkers

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Loizos Heracleous holds a chair in strategy and organization at Warwick Business School and is also an associate fellow of Green Templeton College and the Saïd Business School at Oxford University. His work over the years aims to uncover how organizations change, adapt, and evolve over time, with particular reference to how individuals interpret and frame strategic issues. One of his most prominent contributions is linking organizational change and development with a number of perspectives and themes in strategy and organization, such as organizational discourse and ambidexterity. Heracleous' body of work contributes to fundamental questions around organizations, such as: What elements influence organizational change and development processes? What is the role of organizational discourse, metaphor, dialogue, culture, and learning? How can organizations implement dual strategies that contain elements that are in mutual tension? In order to answer these questions, Heracleous brings forward an interpretive hermeneutic approach to theory and methodology and uncovers underlying aspects of organizational change and development through different theoretical lenses: discourse theory, structuration theory, paradox theory, institutional theory, and strategy as practice.

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Ambidexterity as Historically Embedded Process: Evidence From NASA, 1958 to 2016

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Cited by 13 publications

References 72 publications

Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Efficiency creep and shadow innovation: enacting ambidextrous IT Governance in the public sector

Validity of Dynamic Capabilities in the Operation Based on New Sustainability Narratives on Nature Tourism SMEs and Clusters

Heracleous, Loizos: Uncovering the Underlying Processes of Change

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