Dynamic Capabilities, Organizational Learning and Ambidexterity in a Higher Education Institution

Autor/inn/en	Souza, Carla Patricia da Silva; Takahashi, Adriana Roseli Wünsch
Titel	Dynamic Capabilities, Organizational Learning and Ambidexterity in a Higher Education Institution
Quelle	In: Learning Organization, 26 (2019) 4, S.397-411 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-6474
DOI	10.1108/TLO-03-2018-0047
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Organizational Culture; Learning; Higher Education; Organizational Development; Capacity Building; Organizational Theories; Change Strategies; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unternehmenskultur; Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Organisationsentwicklung; Organisationstheorie; Lösungsstrategie; Brasilien
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to analyse how dynamic capabilities (DC) affect organizational learning (OL) in a Brazilian higher education institution (HEI) and how this relationship affects organisational ambidexterity (OA). Design/methodology/approach: The research strategy involves a qualitative, single case study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, documentary research over a 15-year period and nonparticipant observation. Data were analysed using narrative analysis. Findings: The results show that founders and managers influence the activities related to sensing, seizing and reconfiguring DC. They interpreted the new opportunities and shared them with other individuals. Gradually, a collective sense about the new ideas was constructed. New academic and administrative routines were created and an OL process took place at the HEI, which resulted in a valuable balance between exploration and exploitation (OA) for the organisation. Originality/value: The study offers insight into how DC, OL and OA can be related. Although each construct has its own independent definition, there are similarities between them. The case study demonstrates how these theories were affected, and the research, therefore, makes a new methodological contribution regarding how to study DC, OL and OA as an integrative phenomenon. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01