Can organisational ambidexterity kill innovation? A case for non-expected utility decision making
International audience The academic construction of ambidexterity articulated around notions such as exploration, exploitation (J. March 1991) has been flourishing over the years with a strong background in organisational theory to explain levels of performance and innovation. However, they have als...
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ftuniparissaclay:oai:HAL:hal-01808566v1 2024-09-09T19:47:30+00:00 Can organisational ambidexterity kill innovation? A case for non-expected utility decision making Le Glatin, Mario Le Masson, Pascal Weil, Benoit Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 (CGS i3) Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation (I3) École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom Paris-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom Paris Reykjyavik, Iceland 2018-06-19 https://hal.science/hal-01808566 https://hal.science/hal-01808566/document https://hal.science/hal-01808566/file/Can%20ambidexterity%20kill%20innovative%20designs%20FINAL%20vlabo.pdf en eng HAL CCSD hal-01808566 https://hal.science/hal-01808566 https://hal.science/hal-01808566/document https://hal.science/hal-01808566/file/Can%20ambidexterity%20kill%20innovative%20designs%20FINAL%20vlabo.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess EURAM - European Academy of Management - 2018 Conference https://hal.science/hal-01808566 EURAM - European Academy of Management - 2018 Conference, Jun 2018, Reykjyavik, Iceland decision project management design ambidexterity management tool [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2018 ftuniparissaclay 2024-08-08T23:34:28Z International audience The academic construction of ambidexterity articulated around notions such as exploration, exploitation (J. March 1991) has been flourishing over the years with a strong background in organisational theory to explain levels of performance and innovation. However, they have also made a call for in-depth studies to understand managerial capabilities such as decision-making (Birkinshaw & Gupta 2013; O’Reilly & Tushman 2013; Benner & Tushman 2015) supporting the tension of competing objectives. In this paper, we show that organisational ambidexterity can kill innovation as the underlying decision theories are not fully supporting the nature of decision required in regimes such as contextual ambidexterity (Gibson & Birkinshaw 2004). Two case studies from the aircraft cabin equipment industry are presented and analysed at the project management level with descriptors from organisational ambidexterity and decision-making. We propose to consider unconventional decision theories, taking into account non-expected utilities such as potential regret of imagined prospects, as a means to support management tools enabling ambidexterity at the decisional and contextual levels. First, we show that common decision models based on expected utility encoded in management tools mobilised for contextual ambidexterity can fail to support innovation. Second, we propose that a non-expected utility, such as potential regret of imagined prospects, serves the management of competing exploration/exploitation objectives. Third, the case studies help contouring a management tool extending observed attempts to sustain or extend contextual ambidexterity through unconventional decision-making. Conference Object Iceland Archives ouvertes de Paris-Saclay |
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International audience The academic construction of ambidexterity articulated around notions such as exploration, exploitation (J. March 1991) has been flourishing over the years with a strong background in organisational theory to explain levels of performance and innovation. However, they have also made a call for in-depth studies to understand managerial capabilities such as decision-making (Birkinshaw & Gupta 2013; O’Reilly & Tushman 2013; Benner & Tushman 2015) supporting the tension of competing objectives. In this paper, we show that organisational ambidexterity can kill innovation as the underlying decision theories are not fully supporting the nature of decision required in regimes such as contextual ambidexterity (Gibson & Birkinshaw 2004). Two case studies from the aircraft cabin equipment industry are presented and analysed at the project management level with descriptors from organisational ambidexterity and decision-making. We propose to consider unconventional decision theories, taking into account non-expected utilities such as potential regret of imagined prospects, as a means to support management tools enabling ambidexterity at the decisional and contextual levels. First, we show that common decision models based on expected utility encoded in management tools mobilised for contextual ambidexterity can fail to support innovation. Second, we propose that a non-expected utility, such as potential regret of imagined prospects, serves the management of competing exploration/exploitation objectives. Third, the case studies help contouring a management tool extending observed attempts to sustain or extend contextual ambidexterity through unconventional decision-making. |
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Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 (CGS i3) Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation (I3) École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom Paris-École polytechnique (X) Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom Paris |
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Can organisational ambidexterity kill innovation? A case for non-expected utility decision making |
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Can organisational ambidexterity kill innovation? A case for non-expected utility decision making |
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Can organisational ambidexterity kill innovation? A case for non-expected utility decision making |
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