TY - GEN
T1 - Transcending the barriers to ambidexterity
T2 - 22nd European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2014
AU - Kalgovas, Bradley
AU - Van Toorn, Christine
AU - Conboy, Kieran
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This research in progress paper explores the barriers that CIOs experience in creating an IS Function which balances the competing and conflicting activities of strategic innovation (exploration) and incremental improvement (exploitation) to support the organisation in obtaining a position of sustainable competitive advantage. Drawing on the perceptions of the CIO role being complex, evolutionary, pressured and tense and incorporating the theory of Ambidexterity, we illustrate how CIOs encounter significant challenges in creating an IS Function which effectively engages in and balances strategic innovation and incremental improvement opportunities. Our analysis identified ten barriers to exploration, thirteen barriers to exploitation and two barriers which prevent CIOs from balancing exploratory and exploitative activities in the desired manner.
AB - This research in progress paper explores the barriers that CIOs experience in creating an IS Function which balances the competing and conflicting activities of strategic innovation (exploration) and incremental improvement (exploitation) to support the organisation in obtaining a position of sustainable competitive advantage. Drawing on the perceptions of the CIO role being complex, evolutionary, pressured and tense and incorporating the theory of Ambidexterity, we illustrate how CIOs encounter significant challenges in creating an IS Function which effectively engages in and balances strategic innovation and incremental improvement opportunities. Our analysis identified ten barriers to exploration, thirteen barriers to exploitation and two barriers which prevent CIOs from balancing exploratory and exploitative activities in the desired manner.
KW - Ambidexterity
KW - Barriers
KW - Chief information officer
KW - IS function performance
KW - IS leadership
KW - Strategic innovation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84905842493&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:84905842493
SN - 9780991556700
T3 - ECIS 2014 Proceedings - 22nd European Conference on Information Systems
BT - ECIS 2014 Proceedings - 22nd European Conference on Information Systems
PB - Association for Information Systems
Y2 - 9 June 2014 through 11 June 2014
ER -