Spotted Dog is an established toy producer with a culture that has enabled it to be very efficient and tightly run. However it also has a creative rese creative culture that is forward looking and comes up with new ideas for toys. Which of the following concepts best describes such contrasting units in the same organization? Organizational inertia Organizational ambidexterity Path dependency Stuck in the middle
Spotted Dog is an established toy producer with a culture that has enabled it to be very efficient and tightly run. However it also has a creative rese creative culture that is forward looking and comes up with new ideas for toys. Which of the following concepts best describes such contrasting units in the same organization? Organizational inertia Organizational ambidexterity Path dependency Stuck in the middle
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![Spotted Dog is an established toy producer with a culture that has enabled it to be very efficient and tightly run. However it also has a creative research unit that has a loose,
creative culture that is forward looking and comes up with new ideas for toys. Which of the following concepts best describes such contrasting units in the same
organization?
Organizational inertia
Organizational ambidexterity
Path dependency
Stuck in the middle](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F4c8d4003-6dbe-4a96-8cef-3ca09402ad71%2F9f0553c8-939c-403a-872c-0cb6c3697639%2Fh08r6k_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Spotted Dog is an established toy producer with a culture that has enabled it to be very efficient and tightly run. However it also has a creative research unit that has a loose,
creative culture that is forward looking and comes up with new ideas for toys. Which of the following concepts best describes such contrasting units in the same
organization?
Organizational inertia
Organizational ambidexterity
Path dependency
Stuck in the middle
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