The yin-yang military : ambidextrous perspectives on change in military organizations /: ambidextrous perspectives on change in military organizations. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline Heeren-Bogers [and five others], editors.
• Editors: Heeren-Bogers, Jacqueline
• Contents: Intro -- Prologue: Ambidexterity, Viability, and Identity -- Contents -- Part IStructures and Networks -- 1 Resolving Contradictions in Military Operations via Ambidexterity -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Ambidexterity in Business -- 1.3 Military Operations and Ambidexterity -- 1.4 The Pragmatism that Underlies Ambidexterity -- 1.5 Resolving Dualisms -- 1.5.1 Psycho-philosophical Dualisms -- 1.5.2 Moral Dualisms -- 1.6 Soeters's Pragmatism -- 1.7 Framing and Reframing Dualisms -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References 2 Unravelling the Process Dimension of Ambidexterity: Reinterpreting a Case of Collaborative Digital Servitization -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Background and Research Framework Ambidexterity -- 2.3 Servitization -- 2.4 Methodology -- 2.4.1 Design -- 2.4.2 Framework for Empirical Research -- 2.4.3 Details on Data Collection -- 2.4.4 Analysis -- 2.5 Findings: A Process View on Ambidexterity -- 2.6 Organizational Strategizing Encompassing Both Exploitation and Exploration -- 2.7 Creating Value in an Exploitative, Routine Sense -- 2.8 Closed Organizational Exploration 2.8.1 Currently Active Organizational Efforts to Develop Short-Term Value Creation -- 2.8.2 Long-Term Strategic Orientation, Repositioning and Innovation Strategy -- 2.9 Desire to Understand and Transfer Exploitation Originating Elsewhere -- 2.10 Experiences of Organizational Participation in Open Innovation -- 2.11 Organizational Expectations from and Experiences of Working with Academics and Consultants on Open Innovation -- 2.11.1 Afterthoughts: Order to Ambidexterity's Multiple Processes? -- 2.12 Discussion -- References -- 3 African Winds: Versatile Value Creation in the Military 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theory -- 3.3 African Winds -- 3.4 Data Collection -- 3.5 Analyzing African Winds from an Organizational Ambidexterity Perspective -- 3.5.1 Contextual Ambidexterity -- 3.5.2 Cyclical Ambidexterity -- 3.5.3 Structural Ambidexterity -- 3.5.4 Reciprocal Ambidexterity -- 3.6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Part IITasks and Roles -- 4 Peace Operations in a Changed "Warscape": A Call for Polydexterity -- 4.1 The Origins and Precursors of Current Peace Operations -- 4.2 Changing Peace Operations Over the Last Seven Decades 4.3 The Challenges of a Changed "Warscape" and Divisive Politics -- 4.3.1 New Security Threats -- 4.3.2 Changing Nature of Warfare -- 4.3.3 A Shifting International Order -- 4.3.4 Dilemma Management -- 4.3.5 Coordination and Unity of Effort -- 4.3.6 Too High or Realistic Ambitions -- 4.4 Reforms and Future Directions -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Civil-Military Interaction Meets Civil-Military Relations: Confronting the Two Literatures in a Reflection on Ambidextrous Civil-Military Practices -- 5.1 Introduction
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.3; Armed Forces -- Organization; Organizational change; Armed Forces -- Organization; Organizational change; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030524333; 3030524337
• Related ISBNs: 3030524329; 9783030524326
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2020).
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