{"id":641,"date":"2020-04-30T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codify.in\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=641"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:33:50","slug":"ambidextrous-organization","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/glossary\/ambidextrous-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambidextrous Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &lsquo;Ambidextrous Organization&rsquo; is an organizational development concept coined by R. Duncan&nbsp;<span class=\"zp-InText-zp-ID--2420821-T2ZNJYGA--wp641 zp-InText-Citation loading\" rel=\"{ 'pages': 'np', 'items': '{2420821:T2ZNJYGA}', 'format': '(%a%, %d%, %p%)', 'brackets': '', 'etal': '', 'separator': '', 'and': '' }\"><\/span>. It indicates an organization&rsquo;s ability to be aligned and efficient in its management of today&rsquo;s business demands, as well as being adaptive to changes in the external environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/glossary\/ambidexterity\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"In general: if a person can use their left and right hand equally well. In a business context: the ability of an organization to balance exploitation and exploration, i.e. improving and keeping alive today&rsquo;s core business while simultaneously creating a portfolio of future products, services, and business models.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Ambidexterity<\/a> is achieved by balancing &lsquo;exploration&rsquo; (search, variation, risk-taking, experimentation, flexibility, discovery or <a href=\"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/glossary\/innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"We follow a very basic formula here: creativity + implementation = innovation. In non-commercial environments, this would be an idea that creates value because it got implemented. In commercial environments, it would be the introduction of something new to the market, or if you will, an invention that is commercialized.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">innovation<\/a>) with &lsquo;exploitation&rsquo; (refinement, choice, production, efficiency, selection, implementation, and execution) <span class=\"zp-InText-zp-ID--2420821-JDV2T2D6-_-2420821-9BJE2HWL--wp641 zp-InText-Citation loading\" rel=\"{ 'pages': 'np', 'items': '{2420821:JDV2T2D6},{2420821:9BJE2HWL}', 'format': '(%a%, %d%, %p%)', 'brackets': '', 'etal': '', 'separator': '', 'and': '' }\"><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the late 2000s, many companies try to follow this notion by strictly separating everyday exploitation work from their exploration activities, e.g. via setting up innovation centers or labs. They often do so however without setting up adequate exchange mechanisms between the two ends of the spectrum. Think about innovation labs, throwing early innovation concepts over the fence, which then suffer from the &lsquo;not invented here&rsquo; syndrome in the core organization. Thus any ambidextrous org structure needs processes and vehicles for a transition from exploration to exploitation &mdash; which some call scale-up processes\/vehicles &mdash; too <span class=\"zp-InText-zp-ID--2420821-DTTNJQVF--wp641 zp-InText-Citation loading\" rel=\"{ 'pages': 'np', 'items': '{2420821:DTTNJQVF}', 'format': '(%a%, %d%, %p%)', 'brackets': '', 'etal': '', 'separator': '', 'and': '' }\"><\/span>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization, which demonstrably balances today\u2019s business demands (exploitation) whilst being adaptive to changes in the external environment by innovating towards new products, services, and business models, which break with old industry logic and transcend industry boundaries (exploration).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-category":[131,132,134,135,136],"encyclopedia-tag":[130,133,137],"coauthors":[8],"class_list":["post-641","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-category-design-thinking","encyclopedia-category-digitalization","encyclopedia-category-innovation","encyclopedia-category-lean-startup","encyclopedia-category-new-work","encyclopedia-tag-ambidexterity","encyclopedia-tag-dual-innovation","encyclopedia-tag-scale-up"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=641"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codify.in\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}