Strategic management model of the paradox of Simultaneous Ambidexterity exploration and exploitation activities of organizations
Subject Areas :Mehdi Ebrahimi 1 * , جمال الدین کبوتری 2
1 - Allameh Tabataba’I University
2 - Allameh Tabataba’I University
Keywords: Strategic paradoxes Organizational ambidexterity Exploration Exploitation Meta-synthesis,
Abstract :
Managers are always faced with the paradox of strategic,looking for options to address the conflicting elements of a decision.One of the most important of these issues is the paradox of exploitation and exploration activities in organizations, and its solved through organizational ambidexterity. In this research, an attempt has been made to use the Meta-synthesis method to study, analyze and combine appropriate indicators, to for strategic management of the Simultaneous Ambidexterity of exploration and exploitation activities in organizations have been extracted, and then using the experts in this The proposed framework are a provided. The population of all the studies in the period 2004 to 2020 and 1390 to 1399. In this regard, 181 studies were evaluated in the field of assessment and 59 articles were purposefully selected and Finally, it was categorized and analyzed in 6 dimensions and 23 components of dual power with the opinion of experts. The validity of the components was confirmed by one-sample t-test and Kappa Cohen test in SPSS. This study identifies the categories, contextual, intermediate, intervening factors, indicators and consequences of exploration and exploitation activities at the same ambidexterity organizations, Also the approaches for resolving this paradox, can be used as a basis for managers and officials of companies and organizations in the direction of strategic decisions to effectively manage these units.
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