TRANSCENDING THE BARRIERS TO AMBIDEXTERITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN CIOS

摘要: This research in progress paper explores the barriers that CIOs experience creating an IS Function which balances competing and conflicting activities of strategic innovation (exploration) incremental improvement (exploitation) to support organisation obtaining a position sustainable competitive advantage. Drawing on perceptions CIO role being complex, evolutionary, pressured tense incorporating theory Ambidexterity, we illustrate how encounter significant challenges effectively engages opportunities. Our analysis identified ten exploration, thirteen exploitation two prevent from balancing exploratory exploitative desired manner.