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Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/64866 Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity Scheepers, Caren ichelp@gibs.co.za Lombard, Marli UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017. Organisations need to implement both incremental innovation (exploitation), and radical innovation (exploration) to ensure success and survival. Exploitation improves the efficiency of current operations, whereas exploration develops new entrepreneurial ideas for future viability. Two emerging concepts in literature, complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity, aim to enable simultaneous exploitation and exploration. Regardless of the similar objectives, available literature has not yet established an association between the concepts. Consequently, the first objective of this research investigated whether complexity leadership could promote an organisationÕs ability to enable both exploitative and exploratory innovation, simultaneously (contextual ambidexterity). Additionally, both complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity acknowledge the importance of the context within which organisations operate, and the accelerated rate of change in todayÕs organisational environments (environmental dynamism). The rate of change would influence the effectiveness of leadershipÕs innovation efforts. Accordingly, the second objective of this research hypothesised that environmental dynamism would moderate the relationship between these constructs. A sample of 1 204 secondary survey responses was statistically analysed. The researcher confirmed that complexity leadership has a significant, positive, linear relationship with exploitation, exploration, and the combined construct contextual ambidexterity. However, the moderator effect of environmental dynamism on these relationships, was found not to be significant. Therefore, complexity leadership promotes both exploitation and exploration, as well as contextual ambidexterity. This particular leadership approach creates the supportive context that promotes both types of innovation, simultaneously. Leadership can promote contextual ambidexterity through activities associated with this approach, including patterning of attention, developing networks, and contextual intelligence. za2018 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2018-05-11T09:02:44Z 2018-05-11T09:02:44Z 30-03-18 2017 Mini Dissertation Lombard, M 2017, Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64866> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64866 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title | Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title_full | Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title_fullStr | Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title_short | Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| title_sort | environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between complexity leadership and contextual ambidexterity |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64866 |